Add these to the list for Yankee Stadium

The list of the greatest events at Yankee Stadium, which is being torn down after this season, is a lot longer than the 10 the Sporting News chose, and readers have their own suggestions for what needs to be included.

The seventh game of the 1955 World Series, when Johnny Podres pitched the Dodgers over the Yankees, wrote Ron Tom of Pasadena.

The sixth game of the 1977 World Series, when the Yankees’ Reggie Jackson hit three home runs off different Dodgers pitchers, wrote Dave Stiller of Costa Mesa.

Ken Landreaux’s catch for the final out of the Dodgers’ 1981 World Series clincher over the Yankees, suggested Mark Featherstone of Windsor Hills.

The 1958 NFL championship game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants, wrote Andy Mariani of Kansas City.

George Brett’s pine tar bat incident in 1983, or Joe Louis’ defeating Max Schmeling before 70,043 in 1938, wrote Bill Littlejohn of South Lake Tahoe.

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Rx, please

Julius Erving, or Dr. J, is featured in a new spot for Dr Pepper, according to the Wall Street Journal. This could turn out to be a great new opportunity for physicians, fake or real, everywhere. So expect Dr. Phil, Dr. Seuss, Dr. Scholl and Dr. No to appear in ads any day.

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Going bowling

Now here’s a game everybody wants to see: The Atlantic Coast Conference has confirmed, pending eligibility, that its ninth-best team will play in the first Congressional Bowl.

A conference’s ninth-place team? That would never happen in the Sun Belt! (Reason: It only has eight teams.)

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Splashdown

Cannonballs in the swimming pool are a summertime staple, even in Calgary, where Canada’s reigning national cannonball champion has a bit of advice for anyone with intentions of unseating him next month.

“Gain a lot of weight,” Brian Utley said.

The champ tips the scales at 383 pounds.

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Career numbers

Ken Griffey Jr. deserves a salute after becoming only the 13th major league player to have at least 1,100 hits and 5,000 total bases. The last player to reach those levels was Rafael Palmeiro in 2005; the first to do it were Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker in 1928.

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Bugging out

The Madison Mallards of the Northwoods League, a college summer league in Minnesota, gave away all-you-can-eat snack privileges to the first 250 fans who ate dead beetles. Presumably, they were not previously on the menu.

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Plain Joe

Joe Paterno is a man of few words, or at least the same words, when asked whether he’s going to coach Penn State in 2009.

Paterno, 81, who has been coach of the Nittany Lions for 42 years, had this to say about what could happen: “I don’t know. I don’t know. Let me spell it, I D-O-N-T, and final -- I don’t know.”

He probably knows, don’t you think?

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And finally

Paterno said he’s constantly being invited by retiring Purdue Coach Joe Tiller to wet a hook: “He keeps telling me he wants to fish. I said, ‘Fish, for crying out loud. You catch three of them, you look at one and they all look alike.’ ”

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thomas.bonk@latimes.com