Second thoughts

— Ex-Indian hasn’t lost flex appeal

Albert Belle will flex his muscles for the Cleveland Indians one more time.

The club is honoring Belle, once the most menacing hitter in baseball, with a bobblehead night promotion June 1. The bobblehead has Belle pointing at his biceps, just as the outfielder famously did in the 1995 playoffs against Boston.

In that series, Red Sox Manager Kevin Kennedy asked the umpires to check Belle’s bat, believing it was corked. After Belle was cleared, he flexed and pointed at his biceps while yelling at Kennedy from Cleveland’s dugout.

Belle had been estranged from the Indians for many years. He visited the club at spring training last year, and the Indians have continued their relationship with him.

Belle hit 242 home runs ineight seasons with Cleveland.Spider woman

For golfers, usually the only Black Widow ever encountered is the occasional soft spike lost on the driving range, but that wasn’t the case with rookie Daniela Holmqvist.

The Swede was playing in a prequalifier for the Women’s Australian Open in Yarralumla, Australia, when she felt a sharp pain in her leg on the fourth hole.When she looked down, she saw a spider crawling off as the pain became severe immediately.

Her caddies told her the venom from a black widow can sometimes kill a child in half an hour, so Holmqvist knew she had to act fast. With her leg swelling, she reached into her pocket and pulled out a tee. She quickly cut open her skin and squeezed out the venom.

“A clear fluid came out,” Holmqvist said. “It wasn’t theprettiest thing I’ve ever done, but I had to get as much of it out of me as possible.”

After she operated on herself with a golf tee, Holmqvist finished out her round, shooting a 74 that left her four shots out of qualifying.

Peter Parker would have been proud.

Lack of attire

LeBron James joined Adrian Dantley and Moses Malone as the only NBA players to score at least 30 points and shoot 60 percent from the field in five consecutive games.

Wrote Reggie Hayes of The News-Sentinel of Fort Wayne, Ind.: “While James took more outside shots, it should be noted Dantley and Malone accomplished their feats while wearing short shorts.” Arrested development

Four Alabama football players have been arrested in connection with two on-campus robberies.

Wrote Dwight Perry of The Seattle Times: “Investigators had no trouble figuring the football angle: One suspect saw hands in the air and immediately broke into a touchdown dance.”Quote of the day “Our student-athletes will

understand there will be discipline in our program and will learn the

responsibility they have

in representing Arkansas in the right way.” Arkansas Coach Bret Bielema in a statement regarding senior defensive end Austin Flynn’s arrest Wednesday for driving while intoxicated

Sports, Pages 20 on 02/14/2013

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