Times staff
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Animal of the day
The animal of today is, of course, the dog. When the Butler Bulldogs meet the Connecticut Huskies tonight in the NCAA men's basketball championship, it will be the first time schools with dog mascots will meet for the title.
Idea of the day
Larry Scott, commissioner of the Pac-10, says his conference would consider moving conference football games to Sundays this season if there is an NFL work stoppage. Scott told Rivals.com, "We certainly are monitoring the situation. We have no plans in place at this time, but you want to be prepared and consider all options.'' It makes sense, and don't be surprised if the Pac-10 is the only conference that would consider a move to Sundays.
Disturbing quote of the week
Former ESPN analyst Steve Phillips said on satellite radio last week, "Thank God for steroids. It brought the game back from extinction." As New York Daily News columnist Bob Raissman pointed out, it makes you wonder what Phillips knew or thought about steroids while he was the Mets general manager from 1997-2003, when steroid use seemed to be the most prevalent.