Wednesday, December 25, 2002

Cracked Sidewalks and French Pastry Sports Illustrated's Frank DeFord has a column on a new book about coach and philospher Al McGuire, who passed away two years ago. Here are a few brief quotes: The only mystery in life is why kamikaze pilots wore helmets. You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders' skirts. Superintelligent people can't be good athletes. They're too aware. I think the world is run by C students. Naturally, it's published by the University of Wisconsin Press, which knows a good thing when it sees it. $27.95 9:07:09 PM