Bob Hille's Starting Five

Sporting News, The, Dec 11, 2000

1 Mike Mussina, Sure, the Yankees are happy about signing him, but does it really change anything when all it guarantees is 1.) George Steinbrenner will be insufferable next season and 2.) the Red Sox won't be in the World Series?

2 The NFL playoffs. "NFC wild card--$100 million," the L.A. Times writes. "Look on Daniel Snyder's face--priceless."

3 The winter meetings, For five days baseball will be on everyone's lips in Dallas. Gee, just like the Rangers' season.

4 Paul Westphal. His tenure as the Sonics' coach will be remembered for Gary Payton's contribution to the game: the no-pass look.

5 The 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing's proposed beach volleyball venue is Tiananmen Square, which unfortunately rules out free-speech protests as a demonstration sport.