One a Week, That’s All Steelers Ask

Greg Lloyd, Pittsburgh Steeler linebacker, knocked Miami Dolphin quarterback Dan Marino out of Monday night’s game with what appeared to be a legal hit.

In a game against Houston on Sept. 10, the Steelers knocked Oiler quarterback Chris Chandler out of the game in the fourth quarter.

“We want to see a different quarterback every game,” Lloyd told Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “We got Chandler out of there. We knew we were going to get him out of there.”

The Steelers play the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. Warren Moon, are you listening?

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Trivia time: Who holds the NCAA Division I-AA record for touchdown receptions in a career? *

Odd couple: Shortstop Alan Trammell and second baseman Lou Whitaker of the Detroit Tigers set a record last Wednesday for playing in the most American League games together, 1,915.

Said Whitaker, “We’ve been together longer than lots of husbands and wives.”

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Legal huddle: From David Letterman: “I’m not sure if this is proper. Earlier today, Judge Ito asked defense attorneys if it would be all right if O.J. would help him with his NFL office pool.”

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Confinement: Before Steffi Graf defeated Monica Seles in the U.S. Open final in New York, Bernie Lincicome of the Chicago Tribune wrote: “There has not been a ripe confrontation between two women in this town since Marla Maples and Ivana Trump got stuck in the same elevator.”

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Opinion: Murray Chass in the New York Times: “Simon Gourdine, the new union leader, was as overmatched against [NBA Commissioner David] Stern as Manute Bol against Hakeem Olajuwon.”

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Burp! Mark Purdy of the San Jose Mercury News on the Deion Sanders-goes-to-Dallas story:

“It seems that Sanders could wear you out for a while. He’s kind of like a Great America amusement park in cleats. You go to Great America once or twice a year to ride the roller coaster.

“But do you really want to ride the roller coaster every day for five straight years and pay $30 million to do it? Wouldn’t that make you sick? Good luck, Deion, and happy indigestion, Dallas.”

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Don’t blink: From NBC’s Conan O’Brien: “It was announced that Mike Tyson’s next fight will be on regular television instead of pay-per-view. It will air on Nov. 4 from 9 to 9:01.”

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Looking back: On this day in 1973, Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets to win the “Battle of the Sexes” and the $100,000 winner-take-all purse in Houston.

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Trivia answer: Jerry Rice of Mississippi Valley State, with 50 from 1981 to 1984.

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Quotebook: Jake (the Snake) Plummer, Arizona State quarterback, on his nickname: “It’s not bad. At least it rhymes.”