Stay home, Scottie
ENOUGH WITH THE Scottie Pippen comeback talk already. The former star forward, who should be reflecting on his incredible 17-year career that included six titles and two Olympic gold
ENOUGH WITH THE Scottie Pippen comeback talk already.
The former star forward, who should be
reflecting on his incredible 17-year career that included six titles and two Olympic gold
medals, is instead continuing to talk about
returning to the NBA.
Yesterday, Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson said he has spoken to Pippen, who turned 41 in September and last played in the NBA in the 2003-04 season.
"I did get in touch with Scottie," said Jackson, who coached Pippen to six championships with the Chicago Bulls. "But it was just preliminary talk about how he's doing, where he's at and how he feels.
"I would say he kind of talked about the
parameters of what he thinks he can do to help," Jackson said.
Jackson would do well to listen to two other retired players, Ron Harper and Charles
Barkley, both former teammates of Pippen's.
"Charles Barkley summed it up best,"
Harper recently told the Detroit News. "He said Scottie retired because he couldn't play anymore. He feels good now because he's not running up and down the floor every night. [But] he hasn't improved in the last 3 years, has he? That's what Barkley said, and I'm with Barkley."
A striking achievement
College softball doesn't have a large following, but Tennessee pitcher Monica Abbott reached a milestone worth mentioning.
On Saturday, the senior notched career win No. 152 against Tennessee Tech to break the NCAA Division I record formerly held by Southern Mississippi's Courtney Blades.
Abbott, who struck out 18 batters, hasn't
allowed a run in her last 66 1/3 innings. In her 4-year career she is 152-46. *
- Tom Mahon
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