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
Now Being Marketed As An Exclusive Experience For Tourists Down Under
Australian rugby player John Hopoate received a 12-match suspension for repeatedly jabbing his finger up the butts of opponents.
He Politely Declined John Hopoate's Offer to Remove It
A Newcastle fan required surgery to remove a coin that flew from his pocket and lodged in his throat while he celebrated a score early in Australia's National Rugby League grand final. The 20-year-old fan stayed for the rest of the game, attempting to wash down the coin with beer.
He Also Had a 24-Second Clock
Almost two years after Wilt Chamberlain's death, his L.A. house languished on the market, despite its swim-through living room, wall-to-wall waterbed and a traffic signal in which green read LOVE and red read DON'T LOVE.
Six Months In Prison for Theft Priceless
A University of Kansas student whose purse was stolen was told by her credit card provider that her card had just been used to order a pizza from Domino's. The student got the address for the delivery and called police, who arrested two Jayhawks football players. They are pleading not guilty.
Osama Like It Hot
Beach volleyballer Maurizia Cacciatori said women in her sport are discriminated against, "just as Afghan women wearing burkas are."

