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...haven't seen a Mushnick column on it yet, but I can only assume that Phil isn't a very big fan of WWF boss Vince McMahon's plans for a new eight-team football league, the XFL. He's probably about as thrilled about the idea as Rudy from Survivor would be about a cameo appearance on Will and Grace...
What sort of image is McMahon trying to project here? When the first kick returner gets nailed and lies lifeless on the turf, are we supposed to moan or cheer? Will the XFL on NBC commentators say things like, "Whoo! The Hitmen sure took that guy out! I'm thinkin' he's done from the waist down, at least! Glad we ditched that rule...
...McMahon has said that while wrestling is admittedly completely entertainment, the XFL "is 100% sports...
...usually does privately. If you are the candidate of "raising the tone," it won't do to use epithets that can be printed only with dashes. If gravitas is the main quality you sought in a running mate, it doesn't do to have Dick Cheney, in an Ed McMahon moment, agreeing, "Oh, yeah, he is--big time." And if you need the press to confirm your image as a nice guy, it's bad to be seen singling out one of their membership for minor transgressions. Clymer wrote two pieces, quoting experts, critical of Bush's health-care record...
...with a swim in Sydney Harbor. She looked to be in good shape there - Australian athletes perform best when wet. Plying waters ringed by shark-repelling sonar devices, Jones avoided becoming fish breakfast, then took the lead in the bike race. But she could not repel Switzerland's Brigitte McMahon in the run. The Swiss held her off in a desperate finish after they had traveled a total of nearly 32 miles in two hours...