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The Review Magazine Time Out With Tany THIS COLUMN WAS WRITTEN IN FRONT OF A LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE QUICK QUIZ Jim Brown led the National Football League in rushing every year from 1957 to 1965 except for one year. What Green Bay Packer broke his streak? A. Jim Taylor B. Paul Hornung C. Don Hutson D. Don Cox QUOTABLE QUOTES Steve Sloan, on 6-6, 334-pound Texas Tech player Mike Keeny, "We've got Keeney on the lettuce diet. Unfortunately, he eats 40 pounds of lettuce a day." Bob Hope, on playing golf with Gerald Ford, "Whenever I play with him, I usually try to make it a foursome - the president, myself, a paramedic and a faith healer." Bill Currie, sportscaster, on the role of broadcasting's color man, "He's a guy paid to talk while everyone else goes to the bathroom." IDLE THOUGHTS Ah, remember the good, ole' days? Back in 1950, Bob Feller's salary was cut from $65,000 to $45,000. The Cleveland hurler had a subpar 15-14 record in 1949 and took the pay cut at his own urging. Which brings me to Barry Bonds. Most Major League clubhouses are small in nature. Players usually have only a few square feet in their wooden 'cubicle.' But not Bonds. He has three in a row. Instead of the typical metal folding chair, he has a large leather recliner in his stall. He also has a few rules for reporters: Don't talk to him when he is getting dressed. Don't talk to him just before or after batting practice. Don't talk to him when he is sitting in his chair. Don't talk to him when he is talking to the trainer or to his son. I guess that only leaves the bathroom. Dirk Nowitzki is 7-foot and 250 pounds and a National Basketball Association all-star. But most people don't know he's a late bloomer and didn't touch a basketball until he was 13-years-old. In fact, he wasn't even the best-known athlete in his family. His father, Joerg, played team handball for West Germany; his mother, Helga, starred for the women's national basketball team; and his big sister, Silke, plays pro basketball in Germany. I recently complemented Saginaw News Editor Paul Chaffee on the new layout design of Saturday's back page. In case you haven't seen it, a few of the top games are featured on the back page and 'jumped' to the inside. Along the left rail, are interesting tidbits such as 'Player of the Night' and 'Game Balls' for outstanding local prep gridders. In fact a recent Player of the Night went to Vassar's Shannon Harper. He set a state record with 307 receiving yards on just four catches (all going for touchdowns) in a 62-39 loss to Millington. The Vulcan junior averaged 76.8 yards on his receptions. There's a cruise ship billed by its Norwegian owners as the world's first and only residence at sea. The Word, a 12-deck, 43,000-ton, 664-foot passenger ship, is a floating condominium with apartments - not cabins - ranging in price from more than $2 million to more than $7 million. On one of the decks is a putting green featuring real grass. Eighty percent of the apartments, which have 50-year leaseholds (the ship's life span), have been sold. Remember when professional tennis was huge? When Pete Sampras recently defeated Andrew Agassi at the U.S. Open, it was like, no big deal. I hate to say it but the sport needs more netters like John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors. You know the kind I mean. The one with a rather large chip on their shoulder. How long before Detroit Lions owner Bill Ford gets fed up with the M&M Boys - Matt Millen and Marty Mornhinweg? Thee Lions seem to be in a rebuilding year for 18 consecutive seasons. Hats off to the Fordney Club of Saginaw who sponsored the annual Red Feather football game. I attended the game pitting Nouvel Catholic Central and Michigan Lutheran Seminary and it was old home week as I ran into a number of people I haven't seen in a long time. Great crowd . . . great cause. Whatever happened to Bobby Hurley? QUICK QUIZ ANSWER A. Jim Taylor in 1962.
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