THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, June 10, 1994 TAG: 9406100909
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BOB MOLINARO
DATELINE: 940610 LENGTH: Medium
Sleeping it off: Yankees manager Buck Showalter occasionally spends the night on a cot in his office at Yankee Stadium. Well, it worked for Joe Gibbs.
{REST} Par for the course: Except for a familiar name here and there, the early field for the Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic at Kingsmill looks like it was taken from the telephone white pages.
One man's opinion: Charles Barkley, on why, this time of year, you can usually find him on the fairway: ``Most people who play golf are rich and stuck up. So they leave me alone.''
Saves time on autographs: Sixteen of the 22 members of Brazil's World Cup team go by one name, including 17-year-old Ronaldo, said to be the country's best young player since Pele.
The international language: The Brazilian players will each receive $100,000 from their soccer federation if they win the World Cup. For that kind of money, you'd think they could afford two names.
On his menu: Count rock 'n' roll survivor Meat Loaf among those who play Rotisserie baseball. Mr. Loaf is in 11 different leagues.
The true champions: For the second year in a row, Duke has won the College Football Association Academic Achievement Award. It's the sixth time the school has received the honor since 1981.
The rackets: The best name in professional tennis belongs to Israel's Anna Smashnova.
The tie that binds: Tennis darling Mary Pierce still supports her estranged father by giving him money for rent and other expenses.
Playing hurt: Something to think about next time you limp off the softball field complaining of a blister on your big toe - jockey Julie Krone rides with 13 screws and two metal plates in one ankle.
Time machine: On the weekend of Sept. 18-19, NFL teams will wear early-era uniforms to mark the league's 75th season. Perhaps the league will also ask the players to use early-era steroids.
Add NFL: For three of their games this season, the Redskins are going to wear 1937 replica uniforms, celebrating the year they arrived in Washington. Wonder if this retro look includes leather helmets?
Reaching out: The NBA Finals are on television in 117 foreign countries, including Botswana Guinea Bissau, Gabon and St. Kitts. No wonder Marv Albert is such a big star.
Quick hit: I'll believe Spike Lee bleeds Knick blue when I see him take a charge.
Horror show: If NBA commissioner David Stern can honestly look at Game 1 of the NBA Finals and not worry about his sport, he's fooling himself.
Weak finishers: People who pick the Rockets to soar over the Knicks overlook Houston's dismal fourth-quarter performances throughout the playoffs.
The playoff shuffle: Realignment has been very, very good to the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers. Under last year's divisional set-up the Dodgers would be behind the Braves, Astros and Reds.
Another chance: Even before losing rightfielder Willie McGee with an Achilles tendon injury, the San Francisco Giants were interested in signing Darryl Strawberry.
He'll be back: Don't rule out Mitch ``Wild Thing'' Williams landing a bullpen job with another major league team. Lefthanded pitchers have nine lives.
by CNB