Sheen overlooks minor fact

In just a matter of days, Charlie Sheen has gone from star of the top-rated sitcom on television to the most-talked-about celebrity in the world.

Thanks to some of the greatest interviews ever given on TV and radio, the actor's quotes have filled timelines of Twitter and Facebook users for the better part of the past week.

Lost in all the lunacy of what the "Two and a Half Men" star has been spewing lately is his constant trampling on the memory of a long-forgotten movie called "Major League: Back to the Minors."

Sheen seems to have completely forgotten the film, which he didn't appear in, as he incessantly talks about his desire to make "Major League 3."

Technically, there already was a third film in the franchise.

In the movie, several players from the Indians who found unexpected success in the first two "Major League" films were reunited with the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. The team's manager, played by Scott Bakula, develops a rivalry with the Twins' major league manager, played by that guy who lived next door to Al Bundy on ''Married ... with Children'' after that first guy who lived next door left the show for some reason.

So, the Triple-A team plays the major league team in front of a sold-out crowd at the Metrodome. The game ends in a tie because of some shenanigans by the evil major league manager. The teams then agree to a rematch, in which the minor league manager wins the job as skipper of the big club in a bet on the game but turns down the opportunity for a chance to win a Triple-A championship.

OK, on second thought, it's completely understandable why everyone involved is pretending the movie never happened.

With Sheen's "tiger blood and Adonis DNA," the new "Major League" is sure to be a hit. He might then move on to star in "Top Gun 2," because, after all, he is an "F-18, bro."

Winning. Duh.

n CLOSE SHAVE -- When Brigham Young announced Tuesday that forward Brandon Davies would be suspended from the basketball team for the remainder of the season for a violation of the school's honor code, many people immediately rushed to judgment.

Speculation suggested everything from drugs to premarital sex.

A closer examination of the BYU honor code leads to some interesting possibilities.

The code includes rules against drinking coffee and tea, as well as adhering to the school's dress and grooming standards.

So, Davies could have just been sipping a chai latte while sporting a 5 o'clock shadow and frayed jeans.

n PACIFIC NORTHWORST -- A Forbes blog developed a somewhat scientific method to determine America's most miserable sports city, settling on Seattle over Atlanta.

The formula factored in things such as ratio of total seasons to championships, postseason losses with eliminations late in the playoffs being heavily weighted, and number of years since the city's last title.

Seattle beat out Atlanta largely because it has been 31 years since the city's only title and bonus points were awarded to cities who had lost a franchise.

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