. . . and Boris Can’t Go to His Right

Tony Kornheiser in the Washington Post on the Wizards’ low choices in the NBA draft:

“They said this was a ‘thin’ draft to begin with. So who do you think is left by [picks No.] 45 and 48? I mean, nobody’s going to trade up to get 45. What are they going to give you, 53 and a ball boy to be named?

“Here’s who’s left at 45 and 48: Tracy McGrady’s high school teammates, Ellen DeGeneres, Boris Yeltsin and me.�

Trivia time: What was the last world title fight scheduled for more than 15 rounds?

Brash: Tim Thomas, a freshman at Villanova, was a first-round draft choice of the New Jersey Nets, then traded to the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday. He isn’t modest, saying:

“No offense to Scottie Pippen, but I think I’m going to be better than Scottie.�

How long do we have to wait?

Long-range deal: Former Chicago Cub and White Sox broadcaster Jack Brickhouse on seeing the teams struggle over the years:

“If every bad game I watched reduced the time I spent in purgatory, I would spend no time there at all.�

Calorie court? Scott Ostler in the San Francisco Chronicle on the food choices at Wimbledon:

“Court 1’s overly sanitized ‘food court’ features muffins, pizza, filled baguettes, cookies, Danish pastry, donuts, Bath buns (not from the bath, but from the city), Genoise cake and scones with clotted (aka: whipped) cream. Whot, no Ding-Dongs?

“If you can’t jack up your cholesterol count by 10 to 15 points a week here, you’re simply not trying.�

Yawn: How exciting was interleague play for Cleveland Indian catcher Sandy Alomar? “To be honest, it felt like a spring training game to me,� he said.

Looking back: On this day in 1957, Commissioner Ford Frick infuriated ballot-stuffing Cincinnati fans when he replaced three members of an all-Reds starting lineup for the All-Star game.

FYI: When Kansas City signed Andre Rison recently, the Chiefs became the sixth NFL city for the wide receiver in the past 30 months.

Previous locations: Atlanta, Cleveland, Baltimore, Jacksonville and Green Bay.

Trivia answer: Joe Louis versus Bob Pastor on Sept. 20, 1939. Louis retained his heavyweight title with an 11th-round knockout in a fight scheduled for 20 rounds.

And finally: Earlier this month, Green Bay Packer quarterback Brett Favre was fishing on a lake outside Minocqua, Wis., when he caught a 36-inch, full-bodied muskie, a trophy fish in Wisconsin.

Said Vince Sweeney, Favre’s marketing agent: “Some guys fish for 50 years and never land one. It’s like golfing the first time and getting a hole in one on the second hole. And the amazing thing is that he was fishing for walleyes.�