• A friend of O.J. Simpson, Norman Pardo, is trying to sell a movie about efforts to rehabilitate Simpson’s image after his 1995 acquittal for double murder. Hmm. I’m guessing O.J.’s current 33-year prison sentence for kidnapping and armed robbery might be further hindering those efforts.
• Answer: Andy Roddick will play in the World Team Tennis league this summer. Question: You know how sometimes athletes say they’re retiring but don’t really mean it?
• Norman Braman said he is ready to fight the Dolphins’ stadium-improvement plan. Of course he is! New nickname for Norman: The One-Man Picket Line.
• The International Olympic Committee voted to discontinue wrestling. I’ve enjoyed hearing the outrage from people who could not name an Olympic wrestler to save their life.
• The “independent” Paterno Report concluded Joe Paterno did all he could in the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal. In an unrelated story, a new Nixon Report has concluded Watergate wasn’t that big a deal.
• Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum has cut his hair short. He no longer looks like a guy who should be co-starring with Cheech in a bong ad.
• Longtime former Red Sox favorite Kevin Youkilis said this week he is “proud to be a Yankee.” Bosox fans used to chant “Yoouuuu!” The new chant will sound similar, but be slightly different.
• The Miami International Boat Show ends Monday. I thought of buying a really nice boat once, then got smart and decided instead to cultivate a friend who owned a really nice boat.
• Sentences I Never Thought I’d Write: “And in winter sports, World Cup ski-jumping events recently were won by people named Schlierenzauer and Seifriedsberger.”
• At a recent seminar in Hollywood, local residents were told how to deal with wild coyotes in their neighborhoods. The agreed-upon answer: Have a roadrunner drop an Acme anvil on them.
• Parting thought: Rocco Mediate won in Boca Raton in his debut on the PGA’s Champions Tour made up of senior players who are older and past their prime. It’s like watching a Knicks game!
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