Blotter

Stashed
?A Joe DiMaggio autographed baseball, housed in a small display case, in the goody baskets given to award presenters on Oscar night.

Smashed
?The world record in the rarely-run 300 meters, by Michael Johnson, who ran a 30.85, shaving a half second off the old mark, though he hasn't started serious training.

Knifed
?Chris Cotter, 28, the Caucasian boyfriend of star British triple jumper Ashia Hansen, who's black, by three or four knife-wielding white men. Police called the assault in Birmingham England, which left Cotter with cuts on his back and forehead, racially motivated.

Dissed
?Sky-climbing Raptors star Vince Carter, by his Carolina homeboy Michael Jordan, who in comparing two Airs apparent picked the Lakers' Kobe Bryant as the better player.

Awarded
?Half of author Tom Clancy's 24% ownership of the Orioles (a team valued at $323 million), to his ex-wife, Wanda, in a divorce settlement.

Grabbed
?Crotch, or thereabouts, 1,658 times, by WWF wrestlers whose theatrics were analyzed in a 50-program sample taken by an Indiana University study.