Love-40 it wasn't.
Two 80-something tennis players -- George Morell, 85, and Raymond Moore, 82 -- got hauled off to jail in Sun City West, Ariz., after their group refused to leave the R.H. Johnson tennis courts over a membership-card flap and things escalated when deputies arrived.
"All the kids in the cells we were in -- they started calling (us) 'Big Pop' and 'Little Pop,'" Moore told Phoenix's KHPO-TV. "They really had a ball with us. They thought this was the dumbest story they ever heard."
As they say on the tennis court, tell it to the line judge.
On a different plane
The longest current losing streak in big-league sports -- 17 games -- ended last Sunday when the St. Louis Rams beat the Lions in Detroit, 17-10.
"Thousands were waiting at the airport upon the team's return," wrote Greg Cote of the Miami Herald. "Not to cheer the Rams. Just waiting for flights."
Two for the aged
_Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg, on Brett Favre turning 40 last month: "In honor of Favre, the Vikings team bus always leaves its turn signal on."
_CBS's David Letterman, to Yankees catcher Jorge Posada, on Posada's playing prospects at age 38: "How many years can a grown man squat, seriously?"
Relief's on the way
Yankees manager Joe Girardi, stopping on his way home from his team's World Series-clinching victory to help a car-accident victim, alertly called in:
a) AAA.
b) a tow truck.
c) Mariano Rivera.
Sorry we asked
From Janice Hough at LeftCoastSportsBabe.com:
"New York Yankees, you've just won the World Series -- what are you going to do now?"
"We're going to buy Disneyland!"
Talko time
_Steve Rosenbloom at ChicagoSports.com, after Michael Jordan's son, Marcus, wore Air Jordans in a Central Florida basketball game -- spurring Adidas to drop its sponsorship deal with the school: "Remember, kids, there is no 'I' in team, but there is 'me' in money."
_Dolphins linebacker Jason Taylor, to Sirius NFL Radio, on New York football fans: "The Giants' fans are a different type of people, just put it that way. There's a little more class on the Giants' side and some Jets fans take the 'cl' out of class."
_Comedy writer Jerry Perisho, on Capt. Sully Sullenberger being named grand marshal for the 2010 Rose Parade and Rose Bowl game: "That means, after the traditional flyover, a B-1 bomber will scrape to a halt in the L.A. River bed."
Money to burn
New York City honored the World Series-champion Yankees -- they of the new $1.5 billion stadium and $201.5 million payroll -- with a $300,000 parade on Friday.
In keeping with the theme, they replaced the confetti with shredded $100 bills.
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