-- During the 1700s, Ignatz von Roll, a turkey farmer in Germany, had all of his birds fitted with tiny Turkish turbans.
-- Mercury Morris, a starter for the undefeated 1972 Dolphins: "People say, 'Your team is doing bad.' I say, 'My team all has AARP cards' " ... Rumor has it, this year's 0-9 Dolphins offensive line attempted to defect while in London for a game a couple of weeks ago ... Did you know our favorite all-time Dolphin, safety Jake Scott, once drove his Harley up the concrete column and over University of Georgia's basketball arena and played in Super Bowl VI with a broken hand and wrist? The MVP of the Perfect Season Super Bowl lives as a recluse in Hawaii today and grants no interviews ... How about the hippopotamus that escaped from a wildlife park during the recent San Diego fires and turned up in a Chargers assistant coach's swimming poo!
-- The last time Navy beat Notre Dame in football, "McHale's Navy" was still on TV ... We don't think Bill Callahan's West Coast offense is Nebraska's biggest problem. It's his West "Toast" defense ... On the Penn State campus, coach Joe Paterno, 80, has a new nickname--"pizza delivery man". Before the Ohio State game last month, he and wife Sue passed out 25 pizzas to students camped out three days early for tickets at Beaver Stadium.
-- According to Betty Brown, in Robin Hood stories, the real name of Little John was John Little.
-- Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has fired his strength coach and hired "Dancing with the Stars" judge Len Goodman ... Former Trail Blazer center Caldwell Jones was asked to name his favorite seafood. "Saltwater taffy" came the reply ... The Spurs are again favored to win it all. We like the Suns.
-- In a 1937 high school hoops contest, all of Pat McGee's St. Peters teammates fouled out of the game. McGee finished the game alone--and won!
-- Rockies' Matt Holliday getting picked off 1st base in the 8th inning as the potential tying run in the Red Sox 2-1 Game 2 World Series victory was crucial. Many Boston fans skipped work the next day, declaring it a "National Holliday" ... Indians pitcher Paul Byrd claims he used human growth hormones for a tumor on his pituitary gland. Only problem--some of his prescriptions were written by a dentist.
-- Congrats to the three-legged pooch who topped 178 dogs at the 13th Annual Savannah Wiener Dog Races recently.
-- A fisherman in Somerset, England, has requested in his will that his friends use his remains as bait. No funeral expenses.
-- And finally, Jill Berry tells us, "The early bird gets the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese."
(Some of the information in this column was obtained from other news organizations)
