Streaker no match for raging bull

Most people would agree it's insane to voluntarily run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, where each sprint through the city's narrow streets is capped by a throng entering a crowded bullring and trying to avoid getting gored by an angry bull.

But one unidentified man upped the ante Sunday, streaking naked around the ring while taunting a raging bull.

In a just conclusion to the spectacle, the streaker -- wearing only a pair of white sneakers and socks and a red scarf around his neck -- was obliterated by the bull, which tossed him into the air in a scene that can be found on YouTube under the heading "Streaker Gets Owned By Bull."

Rest assured, the entertaining video would be rated PG, with only partial nudity.

The streaker suffered only minor bruising to his face, a fact bemoaned by bulls everywhere.

As bemused onlookers wondered if the man was famed streaker "Frank the Tank" from the comedy "Old School," he was whisked away in an SUV.

Once inside the vehicle, the apparently intoxicated man asked the woman behind the wheel, "Honey, you think KFC's still open?"

■ CRUNCHY TIME -- On the subject of KFC, Dwyane Wade soon could be working there. But it has nothing to do with the NBA lockout.

Before becoming an NBA star, the Miami Heat guard worked for the fast-food chain, which helps explain why KFC will make a $250,000 donation to its scholarship fund in Wade's name if he works its drive-thru window for a day.

If Wade accepts the offer, he should resist bringing along teammate LeBron James.

Granted, James would carry the KFC kitchen for most of Wade's shift. But when it came time to cook a crucial batch of extra-crispy chicken -- aka crunch time -- James surely would disappear.

■ INTENTIONAL STRIKEOUT -- Remembering Dick Williams, the Hall of Fame manager who died Thursday in Henderson at 82, Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy wrote his favorite Williams moment came in the 1972 World Series, which the Oakland Athletics won over the Cincinnati Reds.

"As manager of the A's, he went to the mound to talk to Rollie Fingers, who had a 3-2 count on Johnny Bench," Shaughnessy wrote. "Williams pretended to order an intentional walk. Oakland catcher Gene Tenace stood up, gave the intentional walk signal, then went back into position as Fingers buzzed strike three past an embarrassed Bench. Bill Belichick must have been watching."

After resigning from the A's, Williams managed the then-lowly California Angels, once conducting practice in a hotel ballroom using Wiffle balls and bats.

"Bill Lee of the Red Sox said they couldn't hit their way out of the hotel, so I said, 'Let's see if they can,' " Williams said. "He was right. We couldn't hit the damn Wiffle ball."

■ ALL-STAR SNUB -- After Boston manager Darrell Johnson snubbed Jim Palmer from the 1976 All-Star Game, the Baltimore pitcher claimed he was misquoted for calling Johnson an idiot.

"I did not call Johnson an idiot," Palmer said. "Someone else did, and I just agreed."

COMPILED BY TODD DEWEY
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL