THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, February 3, 1997 TAG: 9702030162
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C1 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Column
SOURCE: Bob Molinaro
LENGTH: 62 lines
If the Super Bowl is safely behind us and significant basketball games are at least a month away, it must be February, as good a time as any to discharge some idle thoughts and active opinions on subjects ranging far and wide:
Because Geraldo Rivera failed to see his shadow Sunday, the country can look forward to six more weeks of O.J.
Don't have scientific proof, but from the looks of it, more big-time college basketball players leave school with tattoos than diplomas.
If you can't get to a bank, the safest place for your money is inside one of those foil packages of peanuts the airlines hand out. They're impregnable.
Once upon a time, ``Your mother wears army boots'' was an insult. Now it's a fashion report.
Howard Stern must seem quite outrageous to a 14-year-old.
``MTV Unplugged'' is more than a music show, it is a parent's fondest wish.
In the '90s, it's not whether you win or lose that counts, but who can be pinned with the blame.
I can remember when airline passengers didn't dress like bag people.
Somebody please explain Woody Harrelson's screen appeal.
What if it turns out that the Internet craze is to the '90s what the CB radio was to the '70s?
It never fails. Give a guy a windbreaker and make him a parking attendant .
Ever notice the look on some people's faces when they ask how you are and you actually start to tell them? Sheer panic.
I'll gladly argue that multimillionaire athletes deserve their money, but not in front of a schoolteacher.
If you doubt that talk is cheap, turn on your radio.
One way America has changed: In the '50s, kids wanted to grow up to be president; in the '70s, lawyers; in the '90s, they aspire to be consultants.
Ever wonder why kamikaze pilots wore crash helmets?
With computers in schools and homes, typing should be a required subject by fifth grade.
No matter where in the world you travel, your stomach eventually craves Italian food.
I like basketball players who, after making a 3-point shot, refrain from doing cartwheels.
Some weeks, you could be excused for thinking that the entire TV schedule consists of award shows and ice skating exhibitions.
While standing in line at a convenience store behind a guy who was buying 23 Lotto tickets, I remembered one of the reasons I voted against state-sponsored gambling.
Perhaps only the Super Bowl is as overhyped as a president's State of the Union speech.
Don't want to jinx it, but Old Man Winter is taking it easy on us so far.
Big-shot college coaches make a fine living and appear on television more than Newt Gingrich, but do they look like they're having a good time?
You get the feeling that Disney and Nike won't rest until they have secured their own seats in the United Nations.
The difference between sports and games is that a sport, when played at its top level, demands a person be in excellent physical shape. This puts golf in the category of a game.
Boy, do I feel out of it. All this time, I thought ``Star Wars'' was just a movie. Turns out it is bigger than life its own self.