Bob Hille's starting 5

Sporting News, The, August 12, 2002

(1)

The Olympics. Just like the OIC says, "the Games enable people from all over the world to come together." The Italian police discovered that the Russian mob got French judges to fix Canadian Ice dancers In American Olympics.

(2)

Strikes dates. Trying to pin down when a baseball work stoppage will begin? Any time the Rangers go to their bullpen.

(3)

The PGA Championship. Hazeltine has announced a nice touch: University of Minnesota athletic department tutors will sign the players' scorecards for them.

(4)

Preseason polls. What do they have in common with everyone calling for a playoff system? They have zero effect on how the season ends.

(5)

The Little League World Series. The next big scandal: They're padding attendance by letting the players' kids in for free.