Ohio Fats at Ohio State - for the second time? Why not?
A museum honoring and displaying the immense golfing achievements of Jack Nicklaus will be built at his alma mater after neighbors of his Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, complained that it would bring too much traffic.
Officials of the Jack Nicklaus Private Operating Foundation say the museum will house Nicklaus memorabilia, including trophies and photographs from his 20 major championships and 100 worldwide tournament victories.
'I can't think of any place which better encompasses my life than the site they have set aside for us,' Nicklaus said.
One question: Will it have an Arnold Palmer wing?
MUSTER BUFFS HIS IMAGE
Austrian tennis star Thomas Muster gave the shirt off his back - and then some - to aid needy children the other night after an exhibition match in Poertschach, Austria.
After playing Yannick Noah, Muster auctioned off a racket and all his clothes. That left the world's No. 2-ranked player standing there in his, uh, supporter.
Was it worth it? The naked truth was that the auction raised about $5,600 and presumably Muster found some new clothes.
A DIFFERENT GAME
If Trenidad Brooks of the Colorado Rockies fails to make it as a major league outfielder, he has a most unusual alternative. He's a co-owner of Game Face Sports International Inc., a small but growing Belleville, Mo., sportswear maker.
From Hubbard's initial design, the Face line has extended to 20 designs for everything from baseball caps to warmup suits to denim shirts. But the young brand has yet to make an appearance on the shelves of major U.S. retailers and department stores.
Baltimore Orioles second baseman Roberto Alomar, New York Mets outfielder Lance Johnson, Cincinnati Reds outfielder Eric Davis and shortstop Barry Larkin and several NFL players have posed in and autographed the Game Face catalog with no compensation to help promote the brand.
And you gotta admit the company has a natural, built-in slogan: 'Hey, dude, get on your Game Face!
EMINENTLY QUOTABLE
Brady Anderson of the Orioles, on the best thing about having 30 home runs at the break: 'A lot of your old girlfriends call you up.'
* Brady Anderson on the worst thing about having 30 home runs at the break: 'A lot of your old girlfriends call you up.'
* Oakland A's general manager Sandy Alderson, on the California Angels' corporate ownership: 'You'll know Disney's completely taken over the Angels when they draft a hunchback.'
* David Letterman, on the Wimbledon streaker: 'The TV viewers didn't get to see the naked woman, but you could hear Dick Enberg say, `Great set!' '
* Former Boston Celtics superstar Larry Bird, on younger players entering the NBA Draft: 'We have the opportunity to get a great player next year, but he might be in eighth grade.'
* Walter Gretzky, on how son Wayne has endured all these seasons as the NHL's Great One: 'He was a heck of a lacrosse player. That's why a lot of times, he'll get hit but he doesn't get hit hard. You learn how to roll off those hits in lacrosse.'
