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And you thought a two-stroke penalty for hitting an unattended flagstick with a putt was harsh?
The 200-year-old sport of wife-carrying — in which a man carries a woman on his back over a 273-yard obstacle course — has its hazards, too.
"It should be noted that a 15-second penalty is incurred should a man drop his wife during the course of the race," Brian Vaszily, author of "Beyond Stone and Steel," told FoxNews.com. "But the penalty is probably far worse when he gets home."
NBA headlines
• At Fark.com: "Yao picks up five fouls in 26 minutes of play as David Stern leads the Lakers to Game 2 victory."
• At SportsPickle.com: "Cleveland Cavaliers named Least Valuable Teammates."
The joy of six
Larry Giebelhausen of Phoenix beat out 73,580 other six-word entries to win the Golf Digest U.S. Open Challenge and, with it, a round of golf at Bethpage Black the Friday before the U.S. Open with Michael Jordan, Ben Roethlisberger and Justin Timberlake.
Giebelhausen's winning entry: "I'm a cop. I'll shoot low."
Tall order of chops
Spotted doing some serious mixed martial-arts training at Gracie Gym in Orlando, Fla.: Suns center Shaquille O'Neal.
Or as he now prefers to be known, Hackin' Shaq.
The Yankee Picker
Ex-Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams, 40, has released his second album, "Moving Forward," since becoming a serious composer and guitar player just in 2002.
"I've got good news for Bernie," says ageless rocker Bruce Springsteen, 59. "He may be old for baseball, but he's a spring chicken for rock 'n' roll."
Watch the uppercut
Even before his two-round dismantling of Ricky Hatton, Manny Pacquiao was hailed as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the planet.
"What's the difference between Manny Pacquiao and a chainsaw?" asked veteran scribe Bill Conlin of the Philadelphia Daily News. "You have to refuel a chainsaw."
Quotebook
• Mike Finger of the San Antonio Express-News, on the folly of doubting Lance Armstrong: "Because Armstrong is a two-wheeled mixture of Brett Favre and Bill Murray in 'What About Bob?' He never really goes away."
• NBC's Jay Leno, after a rare Lakers playoff loss at home: "I think the last time that happened, Jack Nicholson's date hadn't even been born yet."
• Hall of Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins, to the Chicago Daily Herald, on late Cubs manager Leo Durocher: "He was tougher than a night in jail."
• Steve Watts of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, on the move to ban starter's pistols at high-school track meets in Ontario: "Apparently Canadians don't want their children to run when they hear a gunshot."
Hair apparent
Not everyone was shocked that Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez got hit with a 50-game drug suspension.
Team hairstylists figured something was amiss when his dreadlocks suddenly needed three trims a day.
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