From The Seattle Times‘ Dwight Perry —
Michael Ventre of MSNBC, on Lakers draft pick Marcus Douthit being charged in an identity-theft and embezzlement scam: “On the plus side, the development gives the club some depth at defendant.”
*****George O’Leary, the Central Florida football coach, told reporters about a conversation he had with one of his punters, who was continuously shanking kicks during spring practice:
Coach: “Are you on scholarship?”
Punter: “Yes, but I get real nervous when you’re around.”
Coach: “Well, son, I intend on being at all the games.”
*****Anna Benson, the wife of new Mets pitcher Kris Benson, has gone on record as saying she wants to make love with her husband in every city his team visits, the New York Post reported.
“In a related story,” wrote Cam Hutchinson of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, “Kris Benson has asked for a trade to the Harlem Globetrotters.”