Bob Hille's Starting Five

Sporting News, The, Jan 31, 2000

1 The Super Bowl, It's big. It's loud. It's obnoxious and overblown. It's in Atlanta. It is, come to think of it, a lot like John Rocker.

2 Derek Jeter's new contract. He'll average $17 million a year, which means he'll make almost as much as your broker.

3 College football all-star games. The surprise to most players wasn't that they got paid, it's that they got checks instead of unmarked bills in a shoebox.

4 The NHL All-Star Game. The North American team's game plan: For every two goals it scores in Toronto, the Canadian government will pay for another,

5 Bud Selig. The commissioner has regained the power to act in the "best interests of baseball." A suggested rules change: a one-Angelos maximum.

DUSTBIN

February 1, 1987

Joe Barry Carroll of the Warriors scored 43 points and grabbed 24 rebounds leading Golden State to a 150-147, four-overtime victory over the Nets. In the closing seconds, the Warriors' Chris Mullin missed a free throw, setting up a desperation, haft-court shot by the Nets' Leon Wood. The would-be miracle bounced off the rim. Golden State guard Sleepy Floyd had 29 points and 13 assists, and bed a record by playing 64 minutes.