Under the radar
Brynn Cameron, ex-girlfriend of Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart, says the father of their 9-month-old son is overplaying his role in the child's life.
"It's kind of hard for me as the mom — I'm with Cole probably 99.9 percent of the time — to open a magazine or read a newspaper article with Matt saying, 'Oh, I love being a dad. I love changing diapers. I love doing this,"' Cameron told the Ventura County Star. "I'm like, 'Wait, what?"'
She added, "It's been hard when I'm doing all the work but he gets all the credit."
Yeah, we know what she means.
Isn't that something like being the quarterbacks coach at BYU?
A real dud
Peter the Anteater — mascot of UC-Irvine — went into space last week with the shuttle Endeavour.
Peter earned his rocket ride to the stars because astronaut Tracy Caldwell did some post-doctoral work at UCI. So she took along a 3-inch stuffed mascot.
You know the saying: Whatever floats your boat. Or in her case, whatever launches your spaceship.
It's just a good thing she didn't attend Ithaca College (Bombers).
Making a splash
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Mark Madsen — who drew groans with his uncoordinated victory dancing as a Laker — has been sidelined.
Madsen recently had surgery on his shoulder for an injury he sustained while using a personal watercraft.
Official reports say he had to dive off the craft into the water, injuring himself in the process. But Rock On sources say he actually got hurt trying to groove his way through K.C. and the Sunshine Band's "That's the Way I Like It."
Scaling up
You want weight? The NFL's got weight.
The Los Angeles Times reports that the number of players topping the 300-pound mark is 501.
Or is it 300 players topping 501 pounds? I forget.
One hot number
Quarterback Vinny Testaverde re-signed with the New England Patriots last week, ushering in his 21st season in the NFL.
I'm not saying he's old, but rumor has it that upon signing, he asked if Joan Collins was still on the cheer squad.
Cracking down
Southern Virginia University was placed on athletic probation for a year by the NAIA after the school reported a former football coach paid players with funds from a booster.
SVU, which uses the slogan "Serving the LDS community," will forfeit its four wins in 2005 and three wins last year.
Oh, yeah, and there will be no listening to "Sons of Provo" CDs for two weeks, and this year's Gold and Green Ball has been canceled.
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