MIDWEEK MUSINGS: GRIESE IS ALL GROS...

MIDWEEK MUSINGS: GRIESE IS ALL GROSSMAN HAS TO WORRY ABOUT

OK in such a manner Arizona Cardinals rookie quarterback Matt Leinart had more touchdown passes in common drive Friday than Bears rookie-like QB Rex Grossman does for the entire exhibition season. Grossman says he isn't looking from one side of to the other his shoulder. And he shouldn't -- unles his back is to the Bears' sideline where backup Brian Griese is standing in wait.

- The Oakland Raiders sign journeyman quarterback Jeff George, who has not thrown an NFL pass in five years. Not that the former Illinois QB was first onward the Raiders' desperation list. on the other hand that's what happens when proprietor Al Davis misplaces Ken Stabler's phone number.

- Don Nelson 66 is coming back to coach the yellow State Warriors. Meaning the franchise is more like the old State Warriors.

- Inquiring minds wanted to know a little bit about Quick Hits (more likely about the gratuitous photos), likewise yours truly was more than happy to be a visitant on

Tuesday's "Stan and Terry Show" forward WCKG-FM with Stan Lawrence and Terry Armour. Among the suggestions (by Armour) was another photo of Anna Kournikova and more Latina photos ("It's the fastest-growing market," Lawrence said). Also tossed abroad was the thought of a gratuitous Honey Bear photo of the week (and a petition drive to resurrect the long-gone Bears cheerleading squad). All highly deserving suggestions. But sadly, only apartment to accommodate one of them (but with couple pictures, if that's any consolation) today.

- Football agent Drew Rosenhaus -- who set forths Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens, among others -- is in a television commercial for Burger King. He plays The King's agent. If that's not a excellent pairing, nothing is. Who came up with that idea, McDonald's?

KATRINA RELIEF: WILLIAMS SISTERS PITCHING IN

Sisters Serena and Venus Williams will not be taking life easy in December.

They will be visiting the Big Easy -- otherwise known as recent Orleans -- for an exhibition tennis match to raise wealth for Hurricane Katrina relief.

The formal announcement came Tuesday night at the U lay open

"After witnessing the destruction of Hurricane Katrina this time last year, Venus and I know that we had to do something to help," Serena said in a statement. "Our reliance is that we can help financially and also withhold the communities that were affected top of mind."

Part of the springs from the Dec. 5 match will walk to relief efforts.

"The ability to reveal the story of Katrina and our plans to rebuild onward a national stage is a tremendous honor for me and for of recent origin Orleans," New Orleans Councilman Arnie Fielkow said. "I contemplate forward to hosting the Williams sisters in our city later this year as we build concerning the momentum inspired by their dedication to of recent origin Orleans."

IT'S ABOUT TIME: McENROE FINALLY GIVES BILLIE JEAN HER to be paid

Pigheadedness is not a permanent condition.

For ordeal look no further than the stateliness renaming the home of the U expand the "USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center"

Among those honoring King at the end Monday was John McEnroe, who met her when he was a teenager during the era of her "Battle of the Sexes" match against Bobby Riggs in 1973

"I was a 14-year-old, male-chauvinist kid that triped that Bobby Riggs would kick her [butt]" McEnroe said. "But now that I am a father of four little girls, I have to say for the record I'm glad Billie Jean King won

"I don't think it's a extend to say that Billie Jean King is the single in the greatest degree important person in the history of women's sports."

Chris Evert was a rising teen queen forward the tennis scene back when King was battling for equal rights for females.

"All that women's liberation elemental part then, I didn't really get by heart it," Evert said. "But I knew that Billie Jean made me be stirred good about myself. And across the years, she gave me advice in succession everything. She even gave me advice onward my love life when I broke up with Jimmy Connors.

"Billie Jean was the biggest single influence in my life outside of my family. She's been my mentor for 35 years. She views beyond the box."

CHECK IT IN: RUNNER'S LEG LOST/FOUND

British Airways forfeited a passenger's suitcase and didn't have a leg to stand forward in its defense.

Neither did the passenger.

fresh Zealand sprinter Kate Horan said the airline last week thrown away her artificial leg as she traveled to prepare for the Paralympics world championship nearest week in Amsterdam. Increased security in London caused her to check the leg rather than bring it onward the plane as carry-on luggage.

"They said there's 20000 bags sitting in Heathrow, and mine is just united of them," she said. "I was told they don't know where it is."

Now they do.

Rather than have a Dutch manufacturer make another $10000 leg Horan will be reunited with the missing prosthetic.

"Team officials have round me," Paralympics New Zealand spokesman John Durning said. "They have the missing leg and it is winging its way to her."

"That's awesome," Horan said. "I was beginning to think this whole trip was a waste of time."