LITTLE ROCK — Bad year gets worse for Sveum
The last time anyone saw Dale Sveum, he was just completing a 101-loss season as manager of the Chicago Cubs.
At that point, he said he was going home to Arizona to decompress from his rookie campaign. Little did he know that he would soon be the victim of a hunting accident - one that could have been a lot worse.
Quail hunting is a passion for Sveum and his good buddy, Hall of Famer Robin Yount. The two were out one morning, with Sveum walking ahead of his friend when Yount saw a bird, took aim and unloaded his gun. The problem was that Sveum was also in the path of the bird shot and caught a few of the pellets - one in the back and the other in his ear.
“He got the bird but he also got me. It happens more often than you think,” Sveum said.
A different bird
The New Orleans Hornets are expected to change their nickname to the Pelicans as early as the 2013-2014 season.
The Hornets planned to change their nickname since Tom Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints, purchased the team on April 14. Benson also owns the rights to the nickname Pelicans.
The Hornets also considered the nicknames Krewe (groups of costumed paraders in the annual Mardi Gras carnival in New Orleans) and Brass.
Louisiana is the Pelican State.
The brown pelican is the state bird and appears on the state flag, seal and official state painting.
Gayle Benson, Benson’s wife, told Fox Sports New Orleans recently her preference for new team colors was navy blue, redand gold.
The Hornets came to New Orleans in 2002 from Charlotte.
Speedy trial
Brad Dickson of the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald, on ex-WNBA star Chamique Holdsclaw’s arrest for allegedly shooting into an ex-girlfriend’s car: “The good news is, it should take approximately three seconds to find 12 jurors who don’t watch the WNBA.”
Playing the lottery
LeBron James revealed he played last week’s $570 million Powerball.
Wrote Greg Cote of the Miami Herald: “You want to be despised nationally even more than you were two summers ago, LeBron?
Win the lottery. Yeah because what man can subsist on a mere $55 million in annual salary and endorsements?” Add Cote
“Celtics guard Rajon Rondo was suspended two games for an altercation in a game against the Brooklyn Nets,” Cote wrote. “Rondo leads the NBA in assists-to-punk ratio.”Quote of the day “It’s a great opportunity
for him, and I know
he will be successful.
He has been successful everywhere he has coached at. I loved him as a coach, and I respect him a lot.” Former Rogers tight end Jake Byrne, who played for new Arkansas Coach Bret Bielema at Wisconsin
Sports, Pages 18 on 12/06/2012