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"If there are 100 things I have to do, I don't want to do 99. I want to do all 100." - Allen Iverson on media day THE DAILY NEWS, using dogged investigative work, has uncovered the list of 100 things Iverson can do to be the "true professional" he yearns to be. The Daily News will
( 10/22/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Eagles Day After: Bottom line: Does this mean a run on the run?
DUCE STALEY SAID Andy Reid kept talking to the offensive linemen last week, telling them to get ready to run the ball. Although Reid denied it yesterday, it almost sounded if he he was afraid they wouldn't believe him.
( 10/22/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Maddox takes a page out of Bradshaw's book
Terry Bradshaw finally returned to Pittsburgh, and Tommy Maddox celebrated by playing just like him. Maddox threw two touchdown passes to Hines Ward to lead the Steelers to a 28-10 victory over the Indianapolis Colts last night, looking as sharp and steady as a 10-year veteran rather than a quarterback who has barely played in the NFL since 1992.
( Associated Press, 10/22/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Carter talked into return by Marino
The Miami Dolphins lured Cris Carter out of the broadcast studio and out of retirement thanks to some arm-twisting by one of their biggest fans: Dan Marino.
( Daily News Wire Services, 10/22/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Puckett says he's innocent of charges involving woman
Baseball Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett declared he is innocent of charges he dragged a woman into a restaurant bathroom and groped her.
( Daily News Wire Services, 10/22/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

'Canes No. 2 in BCS standings
Miami is No. 1 just about everywhere but where it counts most - in the Bowl Championship Series standings. The Hurricanes, No. 1 since the preseason in the media and coaches' polls, were second behind Oklahoma in the first BCS standings released yesterday. And look who's third - Notre Dame!
( Associated Press, 10/22/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Ina faces possible lifetime ban
Three-time Olympic pairs figure skater Kyoko Ina is facing a possible lifetime suspension from the sport and a $1 million fine for refusing to take a drug test. Ina says she merely asked to have the urine test delayed a few hours.
( Staff and Wire Reports, 10/22/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Lightning stays hot, beats the Rangers
The Tampa Bay Lightning is off to an outstanding start thanks to a dangerous power play. Martin St. Louis scored twice and visiting Tampa Bay got three power-play goals last night in a 4-2 win over the New York Rangers.
( Daily News Wire Services, 10/22/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Cavs' Wagner remains hospitalized
Cleveland rookie guard Dajuan Wagner will remain hospitalized with a bladder infection and will have more tests in what is another setback for the club's first-round draft pick.
( Daily News Wire Services, 10/22/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Big Mac front and center
Todd MacCulloch was a second-round draft choice in 1999, a heavy-legged 7-footer the 76ers hoped would go overseas for at least a season. At his introductory news conference, they served - what else? - Big Macs.
( By PHIL JASNER, jasnerp@phillynews.com, 10/22/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Sprewell sues paper, also is suspended
Latrell Sprewell sued a newspaper, spouted off and got suspended yesterday. On a day filled with developments related to Sprewell's injured right hand and his relationship with the New York Knicks, the rift between everyone involved only seemed to worsen.
( Associated Press, 10/22/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

It's Caver as in waiver; Birds drop No. 2 pick
Tom Modrak was surprised to hear the Eagles had released Quinton Caver. Modrak, the Eagles' former director of football operations, played a big role in drafting Caver in the second round from Arkansas in 2001.
( By LES BOWEN, bowenl@phillynews.com, 10/22/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

The bottom line
DUCE STALEY SAID Andy Reid kept talking to the offensive linemen last week, telling them to get ready to run the ball. Although Reid denied it yesterday, it almost sounded if he he was afraid they wouldn't believe him.
( 10/22/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Mr. October starts for San Francisco
On paper, it's a mismatch. Livan Hernandez will start Game 3 of the World Series for the Giants tonight. He was 12-16 during the regular season with a 4.38 earned run average. He'll be opposed by the Angels' Ramon Ortiz, who was 15-9 and 3.77.
( By PAUL HAGEN, hagenp@phillynews.com, 10/22/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Series baseballs a juicy subject
Giants reliever Chad Zerbe believes there is a grand conspiracy to make certain plenty of crowd-pleasing home runs are hit during the World Series.
( By PAUL HAGEN, hagenp@phillynews.com, 10/22/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Babych expert criticizes treatment
It was "ludicrous" to treat a fracture in Dave Babych's left foot the way Dr. Arthur Bartolozzi allegedly did, a medical expert testified yesterday in Babych's lawsuit against the Flyers' former orthopedist and team owner Comcast-Spectacor.
( By BILL FLEISCHMAN, fleiscb@phillynews.com, 10/22/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Flyers hope to get their wings in Buffalo
The road was a safe place for the Flyers last season in just about every city but the one they find themselves in this morning. Both times the Flyers ventured to Buffalo's HSBC Arena, they lost. But before going off on a jinx tangent, it wasn't just the building that got under the Flyers' skins. They lost all four games to the Sabres.
( By EDWARD MORAN, morane@phillynews.com, 10/22/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Just Spree being Spree
RIGHT OFF the jump: The New York Knicks' (former-Knick-to-be?) Latrell Sprewell is one of our least favorite people in sports. We have nothing against him suing the New York Post for $40 million over a report that he broke his right hand throwing a punch at a man on his yacht. He's entitled if he thinks it was wrong.
( 10/22/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

The eyes have it
PASSING ALONG some city high school football tidbits... In last Tuesday's tidbits, we noted that two West Philadelphia players, lineman Harold Thompkins and wideout Julius Lowe, were wearing eyeglasses while playing, and we wondered whether someone might be nice enough to provide prescription goggles.
( 10/22/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Millen in sorry state
TELEVISION SPORTS commentators are a bland group, afraid or unwilling to say anything that actually, well, criticizes. Except for the rare free spirits, their path is vanilla, center-of-the-road. Talking plenty, without saying much of anything.
( 10/21/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Birds still haven't met match in NFC
AS HE BOOTLEGGED right with 8 minutes, 24 seconds left in the game, Donovan McNabb knew he had accounted for as many Tampa Bay touchdowns as Eagles touchdowns - one apiece on the afternoon. That is not where a Pro Bowl quarterback really wants to find himself, with twilight having faded to night and the game still up for grabs.
( By LES BOWEN, bowenl@phillynews.com, 10/21/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Pinkston makes complete turnaround
Receiver Todd Pinkston confirmed there was no reason for a challenge of the incomplete pass intended for him during the Eagles' first drive yesterday.
( By JOHN SMALLWOOD, smallwj@phillynews.com, 10/21/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Rich Hofmann | Defense hammers Bucs
In the NFL, you can't really kill a skeptic until January. You just can't. January, Super Bowl, final reckoning. Everything else is chatter.
( By Rich Hofmann, hofmanr@phillynewscom, 10/21/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

John Smallwood | Staley takes a run at Bucs
BY THE TIME Tampa Bay strong safety John Lynch finally stopped him, Duce Staley already had bulled through three would-be tacklers and gained 11 yards for a fourth-quarter first down that all but sealed the Eagles' 20-10 victory.
( By John Smallwood, smallwj@phillynews.com, 10/21/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Paul Domowitch | Mitchell shows Tampa Bay he's not extinct
THE TAMPA BAY Bucs hurled insults and more at Brian Mitchell yesterday. Called him ancient. Called him a dinosaur. Called him a has-been.
( 10/21/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Bill Conlin | Away with pessimism
IT WON'T BE so bad, you thought. A wild-card game in San Francisco. Hey, we'll always have Fisherman's Wharf. That was after Simeon Rice splattered Donovan McNabb, the football ejecting like the seed from a squashed grape, Tampa Bay linebacker Derrick Brooks picking it up on the Eagles' 11 and running it in for a 7-3 Bucs lead early on.
( By Bill Conlin, bill1chair@aol.com, 10/21/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

No offense, and Bucs pay for it
The hype and hyperbole was all about Sapp vs. McNabb, Bucs defense vs. Eagles offense. The game would be decided with Donovan McNabb standing behind center and Warren Sapp snarling across the line at him.
( By DANA PENNETT O'NEIL, pennetd@phillynews.com, 10/21/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Harris proves to be quite a catch
Crunch Time is a compilation of hits and misses from yesterday's game. It was a catch Keyshawn Johnson would have been proud to make, except Al Harris made it.
( By Les Bowen, bowenl@phillynews.com, 10/21/2002 03:01 AM EDT)