In big 12 hoops, Ku plays the road runner, K-state is Wile E. Coyote

Sporting News, The, July 8, 2005

The court at Kansas' Allen Fieldhouse is being replaced this summer by Acme Flooring Company Inc. The new surface will have all sorts of nice features. It offers more cushion, has exploding floorboards and is able to withstand falling anvils.

Big Hurts usual order: a large triple-cortisone shot latte

White Sox slugger Frank Thomas was told that for better physical health he should limit his lower-body workouts and reduce his coffee intake. While the Sox are at it, is there any way to get Ozzie Guillen and Carl Everett to switch to decaf?

CAN WE TURN BACK THE CLOCK TO WHEN THEY DIDN'T EXIST?

On a recent homestand in Tampa, one of the promotions at Tropicana Field was a Devil Rays throwback night. It was a moderate success, but you know what would have been better?

A throw back the Devil Rays night.

A place where French is a dirty word

George W. Bush certainly didn't want to show any favoritism during the NBA Finals, but one Beltway source says that he did order all White House staffers to refer to a certain Spur only as "freedom guard Tony Parker."

PROBLEMS? WHAT PROBLEMS?

Speaking of The Finals, during intermission of Game 6, commissioner David Stern told a national TV audience that the NBA had no residual image problems from the Pistons-Pacers brawl, that the 19-year-old age minimum will keep teams from scouting high schoolers and, darn it, his league is as popular as ever. So even after that whole Janet Jackson Super Bowl mess, those who view halftime of major sporting events still could be subjected to seeing a boob.