STATIC

Sporting News, The, Jan 29, 2001 by F.Q.

Honorary SB 35 announcer: Nas, Pat Summerall's NFL season ends with the "All-Madden Team." Fox's play-by-play septuagenarian, healthy for the first time in years, got his fastball back this season. Gosh, wouldn't he like to do the play-by-play for his 16th Super Bowl with his alma mater Giants battling Baltimore in a renewal of the 1958-59 championship games in which he was a kicker? in a word: An emphatic "Yes."

"I'd be lying if I said my heart wasn't pulling for them," he adds.

The buzz: Fox wants to woo Troy Alkman into its NFL booth.

Vital stats: Charles "Round Mound of Studio Analysts" Barkley weighs 324, according to FatTrak on Turner's "Inside the NBA." Based on his NBA playing weight, it now can be computed that the camera actually adds 64 pounds.

Commercialism: Of the 17 dot-coms that sponsored ads on last January's Super Bowl, only three --E*Trade, Hotjobs.com and Monster.com--are back.

Sound bitten: "This whole situation puts me in mind of what's likely to happen around 2028 when someone welcomes me for my perspective on things of a bygone era. It's all cyclical." --Bob Costas, after NBC announced Jim McKay will help with the 2002 Winter Olympics.