The Zapper

Before Fox's rookie NASCAR commentator Darrell Waltrip works another race, he should review tapes of the 1998 Rose Bowl. Last Sunday, as Waltrip's brother Michael took the checkered flag in the Daytona 500, Darrell was openly rooting, yelling, "You got it! You got it!" By contrast, when Brian Griese led Michigan to victory in Pasadena, his dad, ABC analyst Bob, betrayed no favoritism. The rule stands: No cheering in the press box.... Dick Schaap's adaptation of his autobiography, Flashing Before My Eyes, is an ESPN Classic special (Tuesday, 9 p.m.).