Maybe it’s time to change your nickname from “Grandmama” to “The Father Of Our Country.”
FATHER’S DAY
A day after being identified in a Sports Illustrated cover story as having fathered several children out of wedlock, Johnson got into a slapfest with Alonzo Mourning in the Knicks-Heat playoff game Thursday night. Both players were suspended for two games and fined.
” I should have known better,” Johnson said Friday when he learned of the suspension. “It was spontaneous, but I had time to do the right thing.”
You can say that again, Dad. And again, and again . . .
COURT DISORDER
It has been a tough year for the image-conscious NBA, with players attacking coaches, spitting on fans and generally behaving like imbeciles. The NBA has handed out 57 fines so far totaling $368,000–a truly impressive figure when you consider it was reached without a single contribution from Dennis Rodman.
BIZARRO WORLD
Rodman was excused from practice Friday so he could appear in court as a character witness for one of his employees.
Next thing you know, Jerry Springer will be saying that he doesn’t want any more violence on his shows. Oh, wait . . .
JUST ASKING
How is it that two guys built like Adonis–Johnson and Mourning–fight like Venus de Milo?
JUST ASKING II
Think Pat Riley would like to have that Ike Austin-for-Brent Barry trade back now?
PINE STAR
Ex-Sox shortstop Ozzie Guillen, the bitter Baltimore benchwarmer who said the Orioles’ infield reserves were better than the Sox’s starting infield, was released Friday.
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Evidently the Baltimore bench is so good that even an .063-hitting, rag-arm shortstop can’t keep a job there.
NOWHERE MAN
Blackhawks General Manager Bob Murray insists that pro scout Dirk Graham was never offered the head-coaching job.
In fact, Murray says he’s “nowhere near offering anybody” the job.
Murray has his own hand-picked candidate in mind, but he’s waiting for Bob Pulford to tell him who it is.