TOP FIVE: 1. Seattle Slew. What a horse. We hate to say goodbye to the last living Triple Crown winner and sire of 1,066 thoroughbreds. (Well, suppose it saved the ol boy a pretty penny for Mother's Day cards and flowers.)

        2. Bob Huggins. You can make a pretty strong argument that Donald Little's presence at the Bearcats basketball banquet was inappropriate. However, you have to commend Huggs for his loyalty. He doesn't waver, no matter what anyone might think.

        3. Napoleon McCallum. Congrats on the former Milford/Naval Academy star for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. He was a classy athlete and a true role model, from Milford High to the NFL, worth of another Naval Academy star by the name of Roger Staubach.

        4. The feisty Ol' Left-hander. Nux was in rare form Wednesday night when Brewers slugger Richie Sexson pointed his bat at Jim Brower after an inside pitch. Nux, as only Nux can, essentially called Sexson a baby. Say what you will, but Nuxie knows how the game of baseball should be played.

        5. Celebrity boxing II. Hey, admit it, you watched every minute of that Tonya Harding-Paula Jones bout. How can we top that? How about William “Refrigerator” Perry vs. Manute Bol. Now that's entertainment.

        BOTTOM FIVE: 1. Major League Baseball. Quit making excuses about the declining attendance. No, it's not bad weather. Maybe fans are tired of rising ticket prices, talk of contraction, a looming labor stoppage, and/or low-caliber of play. Get your house in order — and that includes you players, who won't allow owners to further share revenue — and they will come.

        2. Expos fans. And you call yourself Canadians? How dare 3,183 fans attend the Expos game Thursday when the CANADIENS PLAYED? If you guys stayed home to watch hockey we could have had the first 0,000 attendance in baseball history.

        3. The NBA. Nice touch there by officially announcing Charlotte's move to New Orleans while the Hornets are alive in the playoffs!

        4. Andy Furman: Sucks up to Griffey by ripping Channel 12. That's fine. But don't say you're doing it “from the heart.” Furball never met a controversy that he couldn't switch sides on.

        5. Hamstring injuries. This has reached epidemic proportions. Yeesh, every time a baseball player takes off running he pulls up lame. Didn't baseball players in the past HAVE hamstrings?

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