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...other contestants, Bobby was, well, suspicious. "I thought it was a scam," he says. "I told Vickie that as long as nobody asked for any credit cards or money, I'd go along with it." Although he had never played basketball as a kid, he planted a brand-new Slam Dunk hoop in his gravel driveway last September and began to practice. Sort of. There were interruptions, like hunting season...
Asked about his grand-slam salary, the mercurial Bonds immediately compared himself to the National Basketball Association's rookie marketing sensation. "I love Shaquille O'Neal to death," Bonds said. "He makes $40 million, and I don't hear nobody tripping. I'll be the first to say he deserves it. But I've been putting in my time. I have to win two MVP trophies. And now people say, 'You ain't this; you ain't that.' I mean, what do I have to accomplish...
Which team will slam and block its way to the title is hard to say. But a betting man would put his money on the Harvard-Princeton rematch...
Denny's, home of the grand-slam breakfast, is getting slammed. A class-action suit alleges that West Coast outlets required money up front from black patrons and refused them standard offers like free birthday meals. An ex- employee has separately charged Denny's with discriminating against black workers. Denny's says it has ended the offenses and launched a minority-hiring program...
...taking a slam at some people who aren't still around to defend themselves," McDougall said...