LITTLE ROCK — We know he finishes with flurry
Never take career advice from David Letterman.
Are you listening, Johnny Manziel?
Dairy Queen has offered the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from Texas A&M a chance to work in one of the company’s outlets after Letterman, a late-night talk-show host, suggested to Manziel that he should leave school and open a Dairy Queen.
Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy in the 78-year history of the award last weekend.
Barry Westrum, executive vice president of marketing for Dairy Queen, said in a released statement this week that while the company doesn’t advocate quitting college, Manziel is welcome anytime to try his hand at working at one of the chain’s fast-food restaurants.
“He was called Johnny Football, now he’s Johnny Heisman,” Westrum said. “We’re ready to call him Johnny DQ.”
We’re not.
Sign of the apocalypse
ESPN President John Skipper recently admitted that he thought the cable giant went overboard on its coverage of New York Jets backup quarterback Tim Tebow and said that the network needs to cut back on it.
“Egads,” wrote Dwight Perry of The Seattle Times, “the Mayans were right - the end is near!” Another sign?
Police abruptly ended a recent wheelchair basketball game in Istanbul, Turkey, and used tear gas to break up brawling fans after they attacked several players during a melee and damaged numerous wheelchairs.
Galatasaray was leading Beikta 31-26 in the second quarter when the fight broke out in the stands, with the brawl eventually spilling onto the court.
“Who will pay the price for the injured athletes and supporters?” Galatasaray Coach Sedat Incesu told hurriyet.com.tr. “If hooligans are now seen in wheelchair basketball, then we have nothing to say. It is over.”
Faith heals
The Phoenix Cardinals just need to have a little faith.
That’s the message a Glendale, Ariz., church is trying to get across with its reader board.
KTAR-FM, 92.3, in Phoenix reports that a reader board outside the West Greenway Bible Church reads: “No one is beyond God’s help, not even the Cardinals. Luke 18:27.”
Pastor John Correia told KTAR that the verse says, with God, all things are possible. He put the verse up after hearing fans and players alike were giving up on the season.
“It just prompted me to say, ‘No, it’s just the opposite. There’s always hope, there’s always help available,’ ” Correia said.
Correia suggested that fans shouldn’t ask for victories.
Instead, they should ask for peace in the locker room.
“It’s pretty obvious that there’s going to be some staff changes and some changes on the roster in the off season,” Correia said. “Those people are going to be looking for jobs and whatnot, and guess what?
We need to pray for those folks, too.”
Quote of the day
“I’m going to be anxious. Like a kid at Christmas.” Arkansas junior guard Fred Gulley, on the anticipation leading up to his on-court debut Saturday with the Razorbacks
Sports, Pages 20 on 12/14/2012