They Said It

? Chris Bahr, Oakland Raider placekicker: "My wife calls me 'Much-Maligned.' She thinks that's my first name. Every time she reads a story about me, that's always in front of my name."

? Isiah Thomas, Indiana's star guard, after he and his teammates were paid a pre-game visit in their locker room by Old Grad Donald Sharer, one of the 52 Americans held hostage in Iran: "It's a shame he had to go through all that just to see an I.U. basketball game."