Sports

Has anybody in the history of celebrity ever gone from got it made to total disrepute quite so quickly?

Lots of outlets have carried the news that Indiana University basketball coach Tom Crean was "incensed" over IU fans chanting vulgarities during the game with Maryland, especially the ones aimed at Maryland senior guard Greivis Vasquez. But they were so coy about what was actually said that I couldn't determine whether I should agree with him or not. This report is typically unhelpful:

The other shoe has dropped, and Tiger Woods has given his "I take full responsbility for letting my family down" (I can't believe I got caught) speech. (I've heard about at least three mistresses; would that be a love pentagon instead of a love triangle?)

I watched the New Orleans-New England game on "Monday Night Football" with the hazy notion of rooting for the Patriots, just because it would be cool for the Colts to be the only undefeated team left. But it turns out that rooting for New England is just about impossible if you don't actually live there, and the Saints aren't just good the way the Colts are good. They are scary good, and it would have been almost sacrilegous not to cheer on such skill.

Former Fort Wayne educator Eugene White has had his ups and downs as superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools. This could probably be considered a down period, since parents at three high schools want his head on a platter:

I've made some spectacularly bad decisions in my life, and I've worked for bosses who made some dumb moves the worker bees were expected to just keep quiet about. But now the pressure is off all of us; we no longer have to work so hard at apologizing or forgetting our bum calls, thanks to New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, who should be named the Colts MVP for the help he gave them in their 35-34 comeback win last night.

People are freaking out over revelations that the Lucas Oil Stadium's food service has been cited 42 times and fined $3,900 for, among other things, the presence of mice and mice feces.

Hey, just in case you were worried about the old Memorial Stadium not having a useful future:

INDIANAPOLIS -

Hundreds of vehicles destined for the scrap heap are filling what once was the outfield of the former minor league baseball stadium in Indianapolis.

So long, Giants. Goodbye, Vikings. It was fun yesterday to watch the Colts so handily stay, with the Saints and the Brocos, in the undefeated column. As the Times reminds, this is the first NFL season with three undefeated teams after Week 7. But also:

Is also seems to be the first time in N.F.L. history that so many teams look so utterly helpless.

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Apparently the wild is calling us back. Fishing license sales are up 8.1 percent in Indiana this year and 7.7 percent in the nation. How come?

Officials said one reason fishing is becoming more popular could be because the slumping economy may give people more time to enjoy outdoor activities.

That's a little clueless, don't you think? How about, "The slumping economy has given more people a strong reason to supplement their food supplies"?