There Should Be Some Ham in There, Too

Jimmy Johnson, former Dallas Cowboy coach, will open a restaurant in Miami on Monday--six days before the Super Bowl.

One menu item: the Jerry and Barry sandwich.

“That’s got a lot of tongue and a lot of baloney in it,” Johnson told USA Today. “We priced it at $55, because we don’t want a lot of people ordering it.”

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Trivia time: What do Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Evelyn Ashford and Florence Griffith Joyner have in common other than being Olympic champions and alumnae of UCLA?

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Worm attack: If he can avoid more suspensions, Dennis Rodman of the San Antonio Spurs has a good chance to lead the NBA in rebounding for the fourth consecutive season. He’s listed at 6 feet 8, but actually stands closer to 6-6.

Said Rodman: “Shaquille O’Neal is averaging 10 rebounds a game. I mean, he’s 7-2 and 300 (pounds) and he gets only 10 rebounds?

“If I were as big as him, I’d average 12, 13 rebounds just by breathing.”

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Inflation: Bob Kravitz in the Rocky Mountain News: “Somebody forgot to tell Shane Mack $8.1 million in American dollars will buy you two cheeseburgers and a large shake in Tokyo.”

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Expensive game plan: Greg Norman has fulfilled every golfer’s dream by building his own course near his home on Jupiter Island, Fla., just to practice on.

“We have spared nothing,” Norman said of the layout. “I’ve built myself the perfect practice place. I can practice any shot I want except out of long rough--there is no rough.”

Some of the holes resemble Augusta National, site of the Masters, a tournament Norman has never won. Oh, yes, there is no rough at Augusta.

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Bad timing: Randy Galloway of the Dallas Morning News on Cowboy Coach Barry Switzer’s 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty that deprived the Cowboys of good field position in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s NFC championship game against San Francisco:

“Well, there went Barry’s one redeeming coaching value for this season, the one that said, ‘At least he hasn’t screwed up anything.’ ”

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The way it is: Abe Lemons on the unfairness of being a coach: “Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.”

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Looking back: On this day in 1990, John McEnroe’s tantrum at the Australian Open made him the first player to be thrown out of the tournament in its 85-year history.

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Trivia answer: They’re the only American women ever selected as athlete of the year by Track & Field News.

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Quotebook: Natrone Means, San Diego Charger tailback: “Maybe everyone will say the Chargers are still lucky. But we’re in the Super Bowl--and everyone else is at home.”