Talk about unlucky in love.
The winner of the Reverse Lottery Award for 2010 is Ottawa Senators winger Ryan Shannon, whose shot in a Dec. 29 loss to Carolina pinged off the cross bar, flew up into the crowd and — with 19,153 spectators to choose from — plunked his wife on the thigh. Not that he did it on purpose.
"There was a Toronto Maple Leaf fan sitting next to her," Shannon told the Toronto Sun. "But I missed by a couple of inches."
The most impressive mini-dynasty in college-football history was:
Miami's football Dolphins and Hurricanes — a combined 2-8 from Nov. 14 on — didn't exactly ring in the New Year on a high note.
"Put it this way," wrote Greg Cote of The Miami Herald. "When we hear about 'the ball dropping,' we're thinking fumble."
LeBron James — in case you missed it — hosted his "Full Court Birthday Celebration" at a swank Miami hotel last week.
And there wasn't a dry eye in the place when LeBron finally made it official: "I'm taking my talents to age 26."
Pops Culture Dept.
Hall of Famer Steve Yzerman, now the Tampa Bay Lightning GM, scored some points with his daughters — ages 16, 12 and 11 — when he encountered pop star Justin Bieber, who was performing at the team's arena.
"I think I really gained their respect," Yzerman told The Tampa Tribune. "That hockey stuff is nothing."
That was quite a sight at Saturday's Outback Bowl — the pregame handshake between Penn State's Joe Paterno, 84, and Florida's Urban Meyer, 46.
"I'd like to clear up some confusion," wrote Brad Dickson in the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald. "The coach who looks like the other coach's grandson is the guy who's retiring for health reasons."
Talk about bowling a New Year's Day gutter ball: SEC 101, Michigans 21.
• UCLA freshman center Joshua Smith, to the Los Angeles Times, after losing 74-63 to his home state Washington Huskies: "My first time fouling out, I missed three free throws, I missed a couple of layups. I don't even want to check my phone or my Facebook or anything."
• Times reader Bill Littlejohn, after Boston Celtics center Shaquille O'Neal shouted "Why? Why? Why?" after the NBA docked him $35,000 for criticizing officials: "Gee, did he get fined or get hit in the knee by Tonya Harding?"
• David Thomas of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, after only 40,121 showed up to watch the inaugural TicketCity Bowl: "But you just know that, 10 years from now, there will be at least 25,000 people claiming they were there."
Alas, there won't be a Super Bowl, Pro Bowl or MVP in Brett Favre's final season.
But he just might win an Anatomy Award.
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