They Wrote It

?Glen Macnow, in the Philadelphia Inquirer , on word that NBC -TV analyst Joe Gibbs (above) has 20 speaking appearances lined up at a fee of $20,000 each: "That's amazing since, in 12 years as coach of the Redskins , Gibbs never had anything interesting to say."

?Mike Downey, in the Los Angeles Times , on Nourredine Morceli's recent world record: "Some guy just ran the mile in 3:44. In Southern California , you can't drive a mile in 3:44."