| Patty McJazzfingers Ribbon Dancer Extraordinare |
Jacques Strappe Baguette Fencing Aficionado |
Pigskin Potanken Extreme Jaguar Fan |
Herbert Oldie, but Goodie |
| Question 1: What is the scariest sports moment you have ever seen? |
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| Watching Chad Johnson make a disgrace of the only real sport – professional dancing – everytime he scores. |
Did you see the old uniforms French track and field athletes wore in the 19th century? Frightening. | Any year the Jaguars don’t make the playoffs is my worst nightmare. | A good MLB field fight tops my list. I’d bet money pitting Nolan Ryan with anybody in the league today. Have you seen his headlock? Vicious. |
| Question 2: From Demon Deacons to Horned Frogs, professional and collegiate sports are home to a variety of wacky mascots with even wackier costumes. Who do you think has the most unique mascot costume? |
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| The Rochester Rhinestones professional dance team’s mascot – the right foot, left foot rhino. | Have you seen Goleo, the mascot for the World Cup? The little smiling soccer ball that he holds in his hand is so adorable. | Syracuse University. I would hate to walk around all day as a giant orange. Although, I guess it could be helpful if I got thirsty. | The Philly Phanatic. Really, what is he? A mythical sewer creature? What ever happened to a good meaningful mascot like the San Diego Padres’ Swinging Friar? |
| Question 3: Game five of this year’s World Series was the first ever World Series game to be postponed. Was the postponement a trick or a treat? |
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| A treat. It gave me a few extra hours to practice the cupid shuffle – my signature move. | A treat. Because of the postponement I was able to watch a few re-runs of Maury rather than a silly exhibition of America’s so-called pastime. | Anything to postpone the demise of a Florida team’s chances of winning a title is a treat. | At my age, I don’t have much time for postponements. Besides nothing postpones bed time. |
| Question 4: New York Knicks head coach Mike D’Antoni recently said Eddy Curry would not be on his starting nine-man rotation to start the season. Is Curry becoming a ghost of the old Knicks in D’Antoni’s new system? |
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| I danced with a ghost once, but that one could play basketball. | Mike D’Antoni holds dual citizenship in Italy and America. Everyone knows the only European coaches that can be trusted are French. I find D’Antoni’s policies very sketchy. | The only thing I know about ghosts is that Patrick Swayze does not make a good one. | I’ve never seen a ghost in my day, but my take is they can’t be much of ball players. Well, except in Field of Dreams, that was all real. |
Compiled by John Weidner.
