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Bing rings true in Detroit
Professional basketball Hall of Famer Dave Bing, who spent nine of his 12-year NBA career with the Pistons, has been re-elected Detroit mayor.
The Democrat defeated accountant Tom Barrow in Tuesday's nonpartisan general election.
As mayor, he has laid off workers and demanded a 10percent wage cut to help address the city's ongoing budget deficit.
It was the fourth time Detroit voters cast ballots this year for mayor. Bing, 65, received the most votes during a February primary and defeated incumbent Ken Cockrel Jr. in a May runoff to complete Kwame Kilpatrick's second term after Kilpatrick resigned as part of pleas in two criminal cases. Bing also received the most votes during the August primary.
Sideline Chatter
Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times rounds up a look at sports:
Tough Halloween night
The most eye-popping sight on Halloween this year? It had to be Count Duckula driving a Trojan hearse into the ground.
"So you think you gave out the good stuff at your house?" wrote Bill Plaschke of the L.A. Times after Saturday's 47-20 stunner in Eugene. "You should have seen what was happening at USC's house.
"On a chilly, misty Halloween night, Oregon loudly knocked on the gaudy door dressed in green and black and bold.
"The Trojans opened up, took one look and meekly handed them their season."
Putt for Dough Dept.
A Connecticut judge has ordered CBS sportscaster Jim Nantz, the TV voice of the Masters since 1988, to pay his ex-wife $916,000 a year in alimony and child support.
Or as it's known in golf circles, a huge divot in his green.
Dewey defeats Yankees
"The Philadelphia Inquirer apologized to readers for running an ad Monday congratulating the Phillies on winning back-to-back World Series titles," wrote Elliott Harris of the Chicago Sun-Times. "Well, you sure don't see Chicago newspapers making mistakes like that."
Talking the talk
Richard Oliver of the San Antonio Express-News, on the resumption of the Eagles-Cowboys rivalry Sunday in Philadelphia: "Oddsmakers have placed hatred as a 7-point favorite."
Len Berman of LenBermanSports.com, on reports that Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez commissioned two paintings of himself as a centaur: "Just call him Neigh-Rod."
Fox NFL analyst Jimmy Johnson, on Sunday's Woes Bowl between the 0-7 Rams and 1-5 Lions: "The greatest thing is it's a skim-milk game - it's only available in 2 percent of the country."
A horse walks into a dugout ...
Q: What's the one thing you should never say to a guy who commissioned two paintings of himself as a centaur?
A: Break a leg, Alex.
