Vandy has uniforms, now needs wins

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Craig Marquis of Arlington, Texas, is a 23-year college student whois taking some time away from school. His reason is that he is oneof the nine finalists in the World Series of Poker, which willconclude in November after the final table was set last Tuesday inLas Vegas. Marquis is in eighth place, holding $10.21 million inchips. ... Speaking of Vegas, the betting line at the all-starbreak has the Cubs as the favorite at 4-to-1 to win the WorldSeries. That's presuming Steve Bartman, the Edward Scissorhands offoul ball catchers, is not within 20 miles of Wrigley Field. ...Say a prayer for former Griz coach Sidney Lowe, now coaching hisalma mater North Carolina State. Lowe's 23-year-old son, Sidney II,just got sentenced to 15 months on a prison farm in exchange forguilty pleas on charges that included robbery and kidnapping.Sidney, who coached the Griz in their first 1¼ years here, is oneof the most decent people I've met in pro sports. He's just a goodman, and probably was too nice to be a pro coach and deal with theegos. ... The Tour de France's new definition of photo finish: Whenthe police bust in a competitor's room and discover the illegalperformance enhancing drugs. Once they take pictures, the druggiecyclist is finished. ... This is what a city sports councilpresident is supposed to do: Gary Stokan, Atlanta Sports CouncilPresident, got Chik-fil-A to sponsor a primo interconferencecollege football matchup to start the season. This year, it'sAlabama and Clemson on Aug. 30 in the Georgia Dome. Next year, it'sVirginia Tech vs. another SEC opponent. Both games will benationally televised. Every time something like this happens inanother city, I wonder, "Why doesn't this happen in Memphis?"
There's a good chance that college baseball coaches who coach baseswill be wearing helmets next year. The NCAA baseball rulescommittee has made the recommendation that likely will be approvedby the NCAA playing rules oversight panel. Last spring, one collegecoach got knocked cold by a foul ball. Last year, a minor leaguecoach was killed after being hit by a lined foul ball. ... The mostexpensive seat license (just for the right to buy a ticket in aprime location) in the Super Bowl champ New York Giants' $1.6billion stadium (to be shared by the Jets) that will open in 2010will cost $20,000 per seat. At that price, does that mean the seatis located in the Giants' huddle? ... If Griz fans want a littletaste of O.J. Mayo, go to YouTube and watch his Las Vegas SummerLeague dunk over Hilton Armstrong. Some of the crowd was so firedup they remained standing until he shot his free throw to completethe three-point play. And Mayo's three-quarters courtbuzzer-beater, with a defender in his face, wasn't bad, either.