IF YOU FIND YOURSELF eating like a horse, your shampoo could be the culprit.
Among the latest grooming fads is the use of horse shampoo by humans. It is believed to by many to make human hair thicker and more luxurious.The Sporting News reports Fox commentator Terry Bradshaw has been using a product called "Mane 'n' Tail," since his sister-in-law told him it could stimulate hair growth.
"Some of the people around Fox said that they can see my hair growing," Bradshaw said. "So I'm having a lot of fun with it. And the best part is you can buy it at the seed and feed stores."
Bradshaw admits he's experiencing some, uh, galloping side effects. "I eat a lot of oats, have craving for alfalfa all the time and when I get ticked at something I kick and I love a bit in my mouth to chomp on."
SWEET SCIENCE: University of Massachusetts coach John Calipari and Temple coach John Chaney will be back in the same arena this week for the Atlantic-10 doubleheader at the Kiel Center in St. Louis. Marquette will meet Temple and UMass will play St. Louis.
You'll remember last year when Chaney charged into Calipari's news conference and threatened to kill him before being restrained by several UMass players.
Never one to let a good one-liner get by, St. Louis coach Charlie Spoonhour said, "Our one concession here with our game with them is that when we have the press conference after the game we'll wave the standing eight count and have a three-knockdown rule. We've got a 20-foot interview room rather than an 18-foot one, so that should work out."
BREAKING RANK?: Not all the owners are together on the baseball dispute, but then neither are the players.
Houston pitcher Greg Swindell told a Houston television station he may break rank and pitch next year if the strike continues. "I have very few friends in baseball right now that I'm close and personal with anyway," he said. "If the time comes and things happen, they can think what they want. I've got house payment, I've got ex-wife payments, I've got a 5-year-old, a 3-year-old and a 7-week-old. So it's going to be a tough decision. We'll make that when the time comes."
Swindell was 8-9 last season with a 4.37 ERA. His salary: $4.2 million.
UNIMPRESSED: Vicky McBride, wife of Ute football coach Ron, says her husband is clueless when it comes to enjoying extravagance - and who would argue?
During last week's Freedom Bowl preparations, the McBrides were given the Presidential Suite on the ninth floor of the Anaheim Marriott. The hotel fastened a nameplate that said, "McBride Suite, Freedom Bowl 1994" on his door.
The room, covering approximately 3,000 square feet, included a fireplace, kitchen, jacuzzi tub, three televisions with VCR recorders, baskets of fruit and cookies and fresh flowers delivered each day.
But she says the coach barely noticed. "He walks in and says, `Oh, great room' and that's it," she says.
She adds that while everyone around them was raving about the accomodations, McBride barely noticed. "It's like, `Hello. Anybody home?' " she says, tapping her skull with her knuckles.
She adds, "Ronnie is the least pretentious person I know. He doesn't even think it's a big deal that he's the head football coach."
YOU GOTTA BELIEVE: Perhaps the press has been a bit skeptical of Shawn Bradley. At least the Sixers' public relations office thinks so.
In a mailing of press information to media members nationwide in the middle of last month, the Sixers stapled a copy of the fabled letter to the editor, in which the editor replied to young Virginia O'Hanlon, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."
Across the top of the column there was headline that read: "To All Our Glorious Media Members. . ."
It seems many writers across the country can buy the Santa Claus theory; they're just having trouble believing the Shawn-Saves-Philly one.
SPEAKING OF SHAWN: It isn't as though Bradley doesn't have his moments. Against the Clippers this season he scored 28 points to go with 22 rebounds and nine blocks.
"When the big fella comes to play, we're a better team," Sixer guard Jeff Malone told Phil Jasner of the Philadelphia Daily News. "I just don't know why he doesn't realize that."
Jasner labels himself "lukewarm" on Bradley.
"And for me, that's a step down," wrote Jasner in early December. "I'm not ready to share the Sixers' theory that he'll be a dominant player within three to five seasons, but neither am I ready to accept the yahoo theory that he's a complete and total bust."
QUOTEFILE: Philadelphia guard Dana Barros on teammate Jeff Malone's opposition to wearing black shoes: "Jeff said he looked slow in black shoes. I said he already looked slow."