There’s the famed Sports Illustrated cover jinx, but there is no Union-Tribune hex. On Saturday, U-T columnist Nick Canepa let readers know that Mission Bay High product Dillon Baxter isn’t exactly tripping over himself during USC spring football.
USC coach Lane Kiffin called Baxter’s debut, “phenomenal.”
At a Trojans scrimmage Saturday, Baxter let loose with a 50-yard TD run.
Kiffen repeated the phenomenal word again, then added, “It didn’t matter who was there. Nobody could tackle him.”
TRIVIA TIME
Who won the first sudden-death playoff at the Masters?
WESTWOOD’S A NICE CHAP
“Despite another close loss in a major, Lee Westwood was in a playful mood on Sunday night. When he sat down in the interview room and there was no moderator, he made the introductory announcement himself.
Then when a reporter accidentally started a question by calling him “Phil,” Westwood responded, “I’m Lee. Phil is coming in a minute. He’ll be wearing a green jacket.”
JUST WONDERING
Gallery poses a question. Had Tiger Woods been in Westwood’s shoes, would he have handled the reporter’s gaffe as gracefully?
EXTRA! EXTRA!
Phil Mickelson, no doubt, will grace the cover of Sports Illustrated this week. Some possible headlines:
• A Phil Good Story (stolen from a Dan Patrick radio show listener);
• Cornering the Amens;
• MasterPhil;
• Tears & Triumph;
• Lefty Gets It Right;
• WonderPhil.
BUT DO THEY BITE?
“Sharks are a concern for triathletes competing in Sydney this weekend,” noted Drew Curtis at Fark.com. “But on the bright side, record times are expected.”
IN NOT-SO-GOOD TASTE
Montana Tech football coach Bob Green, to Butte’s Montana Standard, applauding his defensive backs’ aggression in the Orediggers’ first spring scrimmage: “There could have been some interference there, but they stuck like a Toyota gas pedal.”
A WOULD-BE COSTLY FUMBLE
From the Orlando Sentinel’s Mike Bianchi: “Congratulations to new grandpappy Brett Favre, whose daughter Brittany just gave birth to an infant son. Cracked one radio caller this week, “I hope Favre doesn’t let Adrian Peterson hold the baby.”
TRIVIA ANSWER
Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979.
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