Wednesday, April 9, 2008 | 11:05 a.m.
The latest in local sports, most of which is true, the other of which may be a slight exaggeration of the truth.
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Former UNLV backup quarterback Kenny Mayne -- OK, maybe you know him better as the wise-cracking anchor on the ESPN SportsCenter -- has written a book. It's called an "Incomplete and Inaccurate History of Sport." It's supposed to be available on April 22, although I'm not exactly sure where. I'd start at Barnes and Noble. Knowing Mayne, it's probably going to be pretty funny and will include at least three "Rainman" references to somebody being an excellent driver. Here's his take on badminton:
Lots of people call badminton “bad-mitten.”
Those people don’t know what they are talking about.
In badminton, your father takes about three hours to set up a net because there are rocks under the grass where he is trying to jam the posts in.
In the meantime, you and your friends kill each other with jokes about how the thing you are supposed to hit over the net, if your dad ever gets it set up, is called a “shuttlecock.”
You keep repeating “shuttlecock” over and over. Eventually, one of your friends laughs so hard he pees his pants and has to go home to change clothes.
Shuttlecock.
I just peed my pants and would have to go home to change my clothes except I’m already home.
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There was a white Toyota Corolla parked on the curb outside the players entrance at the Orleans Arena Tuesday afternoon. I think it was part of a promotion, because generally when you see a new car parked outside a minor league sports venue, it eventually will be driven away by a fan who A) has a lucky number in the program B) bumps somebody out of the ring wearing a giant inflatable sumo wrestling costume or C) is related to the club president. But the Corolla was different. It had a giant dent on the left passenger side door. It didn't look quite as mean as the Charlestown Chiefs' bus in "Slapshot," but you can tell the playoffs are almost here.
The Wranglers will open the postseason against Stockton at 7:05 p.m. Friday at the Orleans. Bring an octopus and your playoffs beard. And a power sander for that Corolla.
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The UNLV baseball team beat Stephen F. Austin Tuesday. Today it plays Stephen A. Smith.
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