Ketchup, mustard and a scare.(Sports)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March, 2006 | by Willhite, Lindsey

Byline: Lindsey Willhite Daily Herald Sports Writer SAN DIEGO - Maybe it was the ketchup. Or perhaps the mustard. Or the straws or the paper towels stored inside the large silver container. Officials couldn't pinpoint what set them off, but two bomb- sniffing dogs seized upon a Cox Arena condiments cart Thursday morning as if it had enough explosive material to untangle Dee Brown's braids.

Once the FBI, ATF and several other police agencies finished evacuating the arena and determining the cart posed no threat, Thursday's four-game schedule needed to be set back 70 minutes. Initial reports claimed a hot-dog cart caused the problem, which made some Chicagoans wonder if it somehow might be a case of Mike North's Revenge. Lieutenant Robert McManus,...