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The Flip Side - May 11

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By MICK ELLIOTT | The Tampa Tribune

Published: May 10, 2008

Thinking 'out loud until it started to hurt...

Florida quarterback 'Tim Tebow, famous for his missionary work, spent spring break in the Philippines helping provide medical aid to the needy, including performing circumcisions. Apparently the experience was a lot like last year in Baton Rouge when he was surrounded by LSU fans.

Kansas City Royals left-hander John Bale broke his pitching hand punching a door at the team hotel. He was frustrated by pain he was feeling in an already ailing elbow. Talk about mad. Bale just wanted to kick something.

The Chicago White Sox are under attack from women's groups after it was discovered an unnamed player positioned two nude blowup dolls in the clubhouse with bats fanning out around them - a ritual of sorts to get the team out of a hitting slump. As if that didn't get enough attention, Roger Clemens then showed up wanting to sing karaoke.

In Nashua, N.H., Red Sox fan Ivonne Hernandez was arrested after killing one man and injuring another when she ran down two Yankees fans with her car after a Boston vs. New York argument inside a bar. New York tabloid headline: Yankee Clipper.

Race car driver Danica Patrick hit a member of another crew while pulling into her pit box during Fast Friday practice at Indianapolis. Apparently it was just an unfortunate mistake. Patrick denied being a Red Sox fan.

Web site BetUS.com is listing odds on which NFL team will have the next player arrested. Cincinnati tops the tote board with 5-1 odds. Atlanta follows at 8-1. So to recap: The Bengals remain the NFL's only true dynasty.

For more fun, you can even wager on the crime that the next player arrested will commit. Drug possession is the leader at 2-1, followed by DUI at 3-1, and at 4-1 is either assault or firearm possession. I don't think this was called for, but you can also get action on Matt Leinart's next hot-tub, beer-bong party.

Transitions Lenses, Inc. remains ready to sign on as title sponsor for Tampa Bay's PGA Tour event, except small details continue to slow the process. Most recently, PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem was ready to study the contract's fine print but put it off until getting some new reading glasses.

Experts are still not certain what caused a 260-foot deep sinkhole the size of three football fields to appear in the Texas countryside. Although Barry Bonds blames collusion by Major League Baseball owners.

With Maxim magazine preparing to release its annual Hot 100 list of attractive women, word is out that Yankees star Derek Jeter has dated at least six. Of course, baseball is demanding an asterisk, since Jeter is not married.

The International Olympic Committee sent a letter to all national Olympic organizing committees saying athletes should stay away from clothes, gestures or moves that demonstrate "political, religious or racial propaganda" at venues for the Beijing Games. Wouldn't it have made more sense to just stay away from Beijing?

Jamar Hornsby, a 21-year-old junior safety at Florida, was kicked off the team after being charged with using the gas credit card belonging to a coed who was killed last year with another player in a motorcycle accident. If Hornsby needed gas money that bad, why didn't he just ask a booster?

A 78-year-old legally blind man in Iowa bowled a perfect game. And was immediately hired by the Barack Obama campaign committee.

Football legend Joe Montana is suing his ex-wife because she sold his old love letters from the mid-70s. He feels betrayed and who can blame him? That note to Heisman voters was pretty steamy.

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