WHY NOT LET FANS CALL THE SHOTS? SPORTS DECISIONS NEED COMMON SENSE.Byline: KEVIN MODESTI Does Jerry Buss Dr. Gerald Hatten “Jerry” Buss (born in 1934) is an American professional basketball team owner, former real estate developer, and poker player. Early life Raised near Kemmerer, Wyoming, Buss earned a B.S. play chess? If so, I suppose his chess set would be the one with the topless queen. Does Kevin Malone
Kevin Malone is a fictional character from the US television series, The Office. He is played by Brian Baumgartner. play chess? On his chess board the pawns would move in eight different directions, unable to work together. Does Michael Ovitz Michael S. Ovitz (b. December 14 1946, Los Angeles, California) is a former talent agent and Hollywood powerhouse who served as the head of the Creative Artists Agency from 1975 to 1995. play chess? The fact he doesn't have a board or pieces doesn't mean he's not a player. I'm asking because if the men running Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, sports play chess, they might be aware of something unusual the world chess champion is doing on the Internet these days. And if they know about it, they might see the Internet's potential for solving the local teams' many problems and muting the widespread second-guessing of their front offices. Gary Kasparov Noun 1. Gary Kasparov - Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963) Gary Weinstein, Kasparov is playing a game against ``the world'' - at least those citizens of the world who know that Ruy Lopez This article is about the chess opening. For the 16th century Spanish bishop and chess player, see Ruy López de Segura. For the Elizabethan physician, see Rodrigo Lopez (physician).
opening , not a Braves shortstop, that the Sicilian is a defense, not a pizza, and that en passant describes a kind of pawn capture, not a French pick-up line. Kasparov plays white and has a day to decide on each his moves. ``The world'' plays black and has a day to decide - via an Internet vote - on each of its moves. It sounds like the ultimate test of common sense. And in the early going this week, common sense, represented by a reported 10,000 cyberwoodpushers, is said to be holding its own. The world is not getting swept and is not in last place. Which is how this relates to sports. It seems to many of us that common sense has gone out of sports. Athletes are richer and unhappier than ever. Front offices deal more wildly and with less predictable impact than ever. League offices can only guess - but don't seem to know - what fans really want. How about putting everything to a vote? Don't you think you and 10,000 fellow fans could do better than the experts? Say the Dodgers were offered a blockbuster trade last year. They could have posted a referendum on their Web site. CLICK HERE if you want to trade away the most valuable catcher in the major leagues. CLICK HERE if you'd rather trade this team's new owner for the old owner. See how easy that would be? Or say the Lakers were considering a free-agent signing. They could put it to the public. CLICK HERE if you think Dennis Rodman is just the man to bring this splintered team together. CLICK HERE if you'd prefer to look into the availability of Marvin Barnes. The Lakers might have had a substantially different 1999 season. Or say Kings management had a head-coaching candidate it really liked. Power to the people. CLICK HERE if you like the sound of Andy Murray, a guy with as much NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there coaching experience as Bill Murray. CLICK HERE if you kind of like the sound of this Bill Murray. There isn't a player or team or league that couldn't benefit from a little common sense. The Clippers. CLICK HERE if you'd spend the No. 4 draft pick on a sophomore who can't seem to decide if he wants to be a pro yet. CLICK HERE if you'd go with a more mature talent, perhaps somebody straight out of high school. The Angels. CLICK HERE if you'd extend the manager's contract immediately and let those twerps in the clubhouse know who's boss. CLICK HERE if you'd wait until the insurgence in·sur·gence n. The action or an instance of rebellion; an insurrection. insurgency, insurgence 1. the state or condition of being in revolt or insurrection. 2. an uprising. gets totally out of hand. A Hall of Famer with a paternity The state or condition of a father; the relationship of a father. English and U.S. Common Law have recognized the importance of establishing the paternity of children. problem. CLICK HERE if you'd tell questioners the guy on the birth certificate must be another Julius Winfield Erving Noun 1. Julius Winfield Erving - United States basketball forward (born in 1950) Dr. J, Erving, Julius Erving II. CLICK HERE if you'd tell the truth from the start. Major-league baseball. CLICK HERE if you prefer a schedule in which the Giants don't visit the Dodgers until July 2 and the Cardinals don't visit the Cubs until Aug. 13. CLICK HERE if you'd go back to the old way, even if it means doing without interleague beauties like the annual Toronto-Florida series. If this catches on, it could provide a popular gimmick for Los Angeles' next NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga franchise. No general manager, just a Web master. Fans make all the decisions. Then, if the team didn't win, fans could send angry e-mail to themselves. Or . . . does Gary Kasparov know anything about football? CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Fans could vote on whether Julius Winfield Erving II should have told the truth from the start about his paternity problem. Associated Press File Photo |
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