Seagulls are sure to slip off the new Perry statue
Keeping a spit-shine on this statue shouldn’t be a problem. The San Francisco Giants say they’ll unveil a bronze likeness of pitcher Gaylord Perry outside AT&T Park on Aug. 13.
HEADLINES
•At DerfMagazine.com: “Cam Newton storms out of news conference after losing New Hampshire primary.”
•At SportsPickle.com: “Knicks offer headcoach job to LeBron James.”
HEARD IN PASSING
Seattle Seahawks’ QB Russell Wilson will deliver the commencement speech at alma mater Wisconsin on May 14. He is expected to tell the new graduates to follow their dreams, work hard and, above all else, fall on it when you fumble.
PROS AND CONS DEPT.
Cleveland Browns’ QB Johnny Manziel (accused of domestic violence) and Buffalo Bills’ RB LeSean McCoy (bar fight) are doing their part to keep the NFL in the news after the Super Bowl. Hey, if you can’t be All-Pro, be All-Con.
IT’S IN THE CARDS
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is floating a soccerlike proposal in which a second personal-foul call would result in that player being ejected. So what’s next, 15 yards for flopping?
TEX COBB SALAD, ANYONE?
A new restaurant with a “Saved By The Bell” theme is slated to open in Chicago on June 1. It figures to be especially popular with early-1990s teens and professional fighters.
ARCH ENEMY
Los Angeles Rams’ owner Stan Kroenke has purchased the 535,000-acre W.T. Waggoner Estate Ranch in Texas. Kroenke, just to rub it in, reportedly plans to buy the city of St. Louis and move it there.
NEXT!
Houston Rockets’ star James Harden and diva Khloe Kardashian are no longer a romantic item. Something tells us she won’t remain a free agent for long.
COLT, HARD CASH
The U.S. national debt has reached $19 trillion. And that’s BEFORE the Indianapolis Colts got around to negotiating Andrew Luck’s next contract.
QUOTE MARKS
•Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton, to vice.com, on overcoming a childhood stuttering problem to become a freewheeling TV commentator: “Learning how to speak is my greatest accomplishment and everybody else’s worst nightmare.”
•Comedy writer Tim Hunter, on a new study that says that running boosts a person’s brain power: “You wouldn’t know that by the candidates running for president.”
•NBC’s Jimmy Fallon, on the side benefit of having Peyton Manning as a “Tonight Show” guest: “Because of all the products he’ll be mentioning in his interview, we don’t have to run any commercials tonight.”
STILL ON THE LINE
A new study claims that the average American will spend 43 days of their life on hold. Or 98, if you’re J.J. Watt.