GOING UP
Uniform behavior
I, too, like UNLVÕs new basketball
uniforms. But as for resembling
the gear the Rebels wore
during the programÕs glory years,
sorry, IÕm not seeinÕ it. For starters,
the jerseys worn by the 1990
NCAA championship team said
ÒREBELSÓ on front, not ÒUNLV.Ó
Nike can talk all it wants about
how eliminating nine inches of
jersey fabric is going to make
the Rebels run faster and jump
higher. But if UNLV could recruit
another guy like Larry Johnson,
they could play in burlap bags
and it wouldnÕt matter.
Local locos
Speaking of uniforms, I loved
the train engineer get-ups those
four guys in the front row wore
Wednesday to the Locomotives
vs. Florida Tuskers UFL game
at Sam Boyd Stadium . If they
can talk about 25,000 of their
pals into doing the same, the
Locomotives might even stay on
the track a little while longer.
Cowboy up
You remember the supposedly
wretched Wyoming football
team that has a new coach and
was predicted to fi nish somewhere
south of The r mopolis in
the Mountain West standings
this season? Well, the Cowboys
have won four games this year
— as many as UNLV won in Mike
SanfordÕs fi rst two years
GOING DOWN
Welcome to his nightmare
The inclusion of Alice Cooper
notwithstanding, the quality and
quantity of celebrities playing
golf in the Justin Timberlake
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Open is still lacking. HereÕs who
might have been available if the
organizers had only bothered to
stroll up and down the Strip this
week: Bob Dylan, Rita Rudner,
Blue Man Group, Louie Anderson,
Jay Leno, Penn & Teller, Gordie
Brown, Terry Fator, Donny &
Marie, Carrot Top, Engelbert
Humperdink, Moby, Zowie or
Bowie and Big Elvis. This doesnÕt
have to be rocket science, especially
when itÕs for a good cause.
Dealing with adversity
Junie Browning , the mixed
martial arts fi ghter, apologized for
his arrest and apparent suicide
attempt last week, which apparently
touched UFC President
Dana White so profoundly that
he cut Browning the very next
day. This sort of reminds me of
the way Major League Baseball
treated Steve Howe, the former
relief pitcher who battled drug
addiction for most of his career,
if you take away the six or seven
second chances.
Speak no ÒMoÓ
Shortly after the Locomotives
were nearly booed out of their
own back yard, commissioner
Michael Huyghue announced
the Las Vegas UFLs will play
their Nov. 20 game against the
New York Sentinels at Sam Boyd
Stadium instead of an Original
TommyÕs Hamburgers parking lot
in Los Angeles because ÒWe just
thought it was important to capitalize
on the fact that we have
some momentum building here.Ó
WednesdayÕs announced crowd
was 12,160. Last ThursdayÕs
announced crowd was 14,209.
Feel the momentum.
Ron Kantowski can be reached at 259-4088 or at ron@lasvegassun.com.
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