IT CAME FROM THE SPORTS PAGE!
Steve Rushin
December 24, 2001
SI's Steve Rushin spent 2001 collecting all the weird and outrageous stories that may have slipped under your radar. The result left no doubt that it was a shocking year in sports, but don't worry: It's over
Boxer Tony Ayala Jr. won his fight against Santos Cardona while wearing an electronic monitoring device on his ankle.
The Hankie Was Game-Used
Everything was priced to move in the estate sale of the deceased Chiefs star Derrick Thomas, including his handkerchiefs ($1) and old cans of deck sealant ($5).
You Gotta Play Hurt
Grambling wide receiver Levi Washington appeared in two games after it was reported in two local newspapers that he'd been killed in a car accident.
Yo, Pavel! Wait Up!
Mike Ditka, serving as guest analyst on Westwood One's Monday Night Football radio broadcast, told fellow announcers Howard David and Boomer Esiason, in the middle of second-half action, that he wanted to beat the traffic. Then he got up and left.
They Fired Canisters of Michael Jordan Cologne Into the Crowd
Sixty sheriff's deputies in riot gear evacuated the Florin Mall in Sacramento when 200 people became unruly while waiting to buy $140 Air Jordan XI Retros.
The CIA Killed Fredbird, Bub. It Can Take You Out Too

