Monday, Nov. 19, 2001



Last week, we looked at the best acting by athletes. This week, we're on the other end of the spectrum. Check out Page 2's choices for the 10 worst acting performances by jocks, and then click here to offer your choice.
10] Tonya Harding in her wedding night video
The word "love" just isn't in her vocabulary.
9] Shaq in "Kazaam"
Or "Steel." You make the call.
8] Dennis Rodman in "Double Team"
Made Jean Claude van Damme look like Olivier.
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    Martin Grammatica, Doug Flutie, UCLA BruinsYou live and die with 'em. You toast their wins and accept their losses. But what do you do when your squad flat-out gives up on you? That's what Page 2's Brian Murphy is dealing with today as he copes with UCLA's gutless display against rival USC. And there was no Flutie magic Sunday to lift Murph's spirits. MURPHY: MY TEAM DONE LEFT ME

    He has spent six days in smoke-filled casinos, surviving on all-you-can-eat buffets and four hours sleep a night. Somewhere along the journey, the Sports Guy became enlightened. He shares his wisdom by identifying the 20 most annoying gamblers you can find in Vegas. Plus, he reviews Lennox Lewis' fourth-round KO of Hasim Rahman on Saturday night.

    The Victoria's Secret fashion show was last week, and it appears to have made an impression on the 49ers' Bryant Young and Jason Webster. Check out this week's Page 2 Mystery Photo, and tell us what you think is going on. We'll run the best explanations later this week.

    Craig StadlerMike Holmgren
    "I am the Walrus." "No, I am the Walrus." It's golfer Craig Stadler, left, and Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren. Page 2 has received 28 requests for this match. Browse our archives of past pairs or click here to submit a future match for Page 2.

     

     

    While you were watching "Harry Potter" last weekend -- and who wasn't? -- your only complaint must have been with the shaky casting. So Page 2 took your suggestions, put them up for a vote and came up with a readers' choice list of all-star sports personalities to portray key roles in the hit film.

    Bob Knight is once again stalking the college basketball sidelines. While the General would like us to forget his past, Page 2 isn't going to let him off that easy. We delved inside Knight's brain and found it to be a frightening place -- filled with memories of bullwhips, soiled toilet paper, flying chairs, terrorized secretaries and Puerto Rican police officers.



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    They're the men in sports that you truly want to avoid. They'll steal your heart and you'll never be the same. And Page 2's Ralph Wiley offers a complete list of 'em.
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    Page 2's Michael Malone hangs out in a hip lower East Side bar with a special guest -- Mr. Met.
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    Strange days at the Good Doctor's house, during which he suffers through a disgraceful Raiders performance, endures the scorn of Sean Penn, and realizes that Princess Omin -- and her terrorist brother, Omar -- may be playing him for a fool.
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    Joe Torre has won four World Series, but Page 2's David Halberstam says the Yankee skipper has accomplished something even bigger than that -- making George Steinbrenner a good owner.