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The Flip Side - Jan. 13

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By MICK ELLIOTT | The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 13, 2008

Thinking out loud until it started to hurt …

After an 18-year-old Durham, N.C., man smashed his car into a resident's yard and left the accident scene on foot, police tracked Josue Herrios-Coronilla - later arrested on drunken driving charges - by following fresh footprints he left by stepping in dog poop during the escape. The officers were commended and immediately reassigned to investigate Major League Baseball's steroids issue. …

Following his resignation as coach of the Redskins, Joe Gibbs is apparently heading back to full-time involvement with his NASCAR racing team. After spending all that time in Washington, D.C., Gibbs figures to have no trouble adjusting to people continually turning left to go around in circles. …

Falcons owner Arthur Blank talked with USC's Pete Carroll about Atlanta's vacant head coaching position. It wasn't very productive. Carroll wanted total control and the right to get choked up any time he trailed heading into the fourth quarter. …

Top five signs Bobby Knight is babysitting his 21-month-old grandson:
5. Kid in diapers not biggest baby sitting at the microphone.
4. All these cool new toys came with live ammunition.
3. Learned five new words today, all beginning with F.
2. Family dog just jumped through screen door to throw itself in front of fast-moving truck.
1. @#$!* day care.

Police in Fullerton, Calif., arrested a man who acknowledged digging nearly 50 1-foot by 2-foot holes on a park bicycle trail as payback for nearly being run down by a cyclist. Poor judgment, sure. But come to think of it, just imagine how much more interesting the Tour de France would be. …

The training procedure for young Chinese women hoping to serve as hostesses during this summer's Beijing Olympics includes balancing books on their heads while squeezing a sheet of paper between their knees, and perfecting smiles by spending hours in front of a mirror with a chopstick clasped between the teeth. Oddly, the same thing happens in the United States. It's called rookie hazing. …

New England Patriots fan Victor Thompson, 39, paid homage to his favorite team's perfect regular-season record by having his shaved head tattooed into a replica of Tom Brady's helmet. Thompson reports getting the idea while watching the Patriots' games on television while serving time in prison. So there; you tell him how stupid it looks. …

Cowboys fans went into a tizzy over news that quarterback Tony Romo spent part of the team's off week with girlfriend Jessica Simpson in Cabo San Lucas. I don't get it. Didn't Coach Wade Phillips tell his players to use the free time to get away from football and stay off their feet? …

How bad did things get for Ohio State during its BCS Championship Game loss to LSU? Buckeyes cheerleaders who led the team onto the field to start the second half got their flags out of order and spelled out O-O-H-I. At least the band didn't play the theme song from "Titanic.'' …

Knicks coach Isiah Thomas finally got the boot. OK, he was only thrown out of a game against Houston, but it's a start. …

There's rumbling that Pat Riley will step down as coach of the incredibly bad Miami Heat before this season is over. Before the year started, who would have bet Thomas would keep his job longer than Riley? Well, other than maybe an NBA referee? …
Memo to West Virginia football fans: Rich Rodriguez is gone. Get over it. …

According to a published report, Tiger Woods earned $122 million in 2007, including $99.8 million away from the golf course. And he will not spend any of it subscribing to the Golf Channel.

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