Who's Hot/who's Not

WHO'S Hot

Ageless Skipper

Frank Robinson , 69, had the Nationals at 13-12 (eight games better than the franchise was last year), is still mixing it up with umps (he got ejected last Saturday) and gets the hero treatment in D.C. Speaking before the Senate Select Committee on Aging last week, he said, "I don't know if I will retire at any time."

24

That's the number on Jeff Gordon 's Chevy, which roared to victory at Talladega , then got all the credit: "The car just did anything I asked it to do," Gordon gushed. Could be a good omen for the Jedi, too. Gordon has an image of the mega-movie star of the moment, Yoda, painted on his hood.

Doug Flutie

The Massachusetts schoolboy star ( Natick High 1978-81) and the QB who threw the Pass at BC is coming home at age 42. The Patriots signed the spry 20-year veteran, who said he wants to be a "security blanket for the team."

Tim Petrovic

At age 38 he's just getting started. "This was my first win since never," said Petrovic , a former pizza-joint kitchen manager, after sinking 20-foot birdie putt to win the Zurich Classic. Seventeen years into his pro career he snagged $990,000 winner's check while wife Julie and their two girls looked on.

WHO'S Not