SportsHollywood.com Newsletter LATE EDITION For the week of Friday, February 2, 2001 "They're selling sex." -- Art Model, owner of the Super Bowl champions Baltimore Ravens, on the XFL (the league says the "X" doesn't stand for anything). "Hot Babes." -- Vince McMahon of the XFL, describing his cheerleaders. The league debuts this weekend. STARTING LINE Thousands of Super Bowl fans were subjected to a "computerized police lineup" at America's biggest sporting event last weekend as police used cutting-edge technology to scan the crowd for criminals... ... So how did Ray Lewis get in...? HOLLYWOOD SPORTS The XFL football league will be unveiled this weekend. The league revealed they will put cheerleaders on raised platforms, making their underwear visible to fans and cameras... ... Vince McMahon always did put women on a pedestal... POST SUPER BOWL After being trounced by the Baltimore Ravens in the Super Bowl, New York Giants head coach Jim Fassel guaranteed his team would return to the Super Bowl, and do so soon... ... Even if we're just in the hotel across the street, watching on TV... NBA There is no evidence an Indiana fan made racial slurs against Philadelphia guard Allen Iverson during a game, a Pacers spokesman said Thursday. NBC taped Iverson shouting a derogatory remark about gays back at the fan near the end of the 76ers' 86-81 victory Sunday in Indianapolis... ... It wasn't a fan - they were playing Iverson's rap album over the arena sound system... HORSE RACING Make it 99 straight defeats for Quixall Crossett, the world's losingest racehorse. The 16-year-old gelding failed to finish a 3-mile race Thursday at the Scottish course of Kelso. Trailing the field for most of the way, Quixall Crossett was well behind when his rider decided to pull up. Quixall Crossett went off as a 200-1 shot in a field of nine in the Isle of Skye Novices' Chase, which was won by favorite Lord of the Sky. Quixall Crossett's losing streak began in 1990. Caine has to decide where and when his thoroughbred will make his 100th appearance... ... I hear there's a glue factory not too far away... NFL Ron Wolf, the architect of the Green Bay Packers' return to the Super Bowl in the mid-1990s, retired as executive vice president/general manager on Thursday... ... Now Mark Chmura needs him to be the architect of his defense... THIS WEEK IN SPORTS HISTORY In 1997, former Atlanta Olympic bombing suspect Richard Jewell agreed to a $500,000 deal that gave 20th Century Fox the right to make a feature film about his ordeal at the hands of the media and the FBI... ... So he WAS be responsible for a bomb... BOXING Spectators in a Turkish town cheered recently as two four-year-old girls squared off in a boxing ring. The girls, who were wearing safety helmets, exchanged blows to the head and repeatedly knocked each other down... ... Nick At Night is now pondering Pay-per-view... PENALTY BOX Seattle SuperSonics forward Ruben Patterson was suspended by the NBA for three games Thursday because of his conviction on an assault charge for breaking a man's jaw... ... The team also suspended him for doing Gary Payton's job... The teen who accused Mark Chmura of sexual assault flirted with the former Green Bay Packers player at a post-prom party, a high school football player testified Thursday. Michael Kleber testified that he watched Chmura's accuser go willingly into a bathroom where the alleged assault took place. Chmura, 31, has pleaded innocent to third-degree sexual assault and child enticement charges, both felonies. He could face up to 40 years in prison and $20,000 in fines... ... "That underage kid I had illegal sex with - it wasn't my fault; SHE WANTED IT!!!" For the entire Offensive Line: http://www.sportshollywood.com/shnews.html YOU'RE OUT: "I'm a golfer -- not an athlete." -Lee Westwood of Britain, then the world's fifth-ranked golfer. The Dumbest Sports Quotes of All Time: http://www.sportshollywood.com/dumbquotes.html <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> * To remove yourself from this mailing list, point your browser to: http://inbound.postmastergeneral.com/remove?OnTap:13 * Enter your email address (cypherpunks@toad.com) in the field provided and click "Unsubscribe". The mailing list ID is "OnTap:13". OR... * Forward a copy of this message to OnTap.13@lists.postmastergeneral.com with the word remove in the subject line. <mailto:OnTap.13@lists.postmastergeneral.com?subject=remove> This message was sent to address cypherpunks@toad.com X-PMG-Recipient: cypherpunks@toad.com <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>>