Memo to PGA: You have a justifiably earned image of upper crust exclusionary elitism. You don't have to pick on various disabled individuals to convince us that you really are out of touch with Planet Earth; we already know that.

In a shocking move that will take at least 30 seconds to digest and understand, Nancy Darsch resigned as the coach of the Washington Mystics in the WNBA. The fact that she was feuding openly with her all-star forward and that her all-star guard was rumored not to be on speaking terms with her might have had something to do with the decision here. That's right; the Mystics have two all-stars and they have a losing record. Darsch is replaced by Darrell Walker who jumped into the breech last year when the Wizards' "stars" could not deal with Gar Heard who expected them to actually hustle during games. Darrell has an actual front office title with the overarching company that owns the Wizards and the Mystics and the MCI Center and all that, but in reality his job is "Instant Coach". Take him out of the pantry; add water; and he's on the bench.

Mike Brey took the Notre Dame basketball coaching job. He had done a wonderful job at Delaware making that school's team a factor in its league after it had been a doormat for years. Brey was an assistant for Mike Krzyzewski at Duke and I believe played for Morgan Wooten at DeMatha. The only dark spot here is that Brey had just negotiated an extension on his contract at Delaware so the deal he is leaving had seven more years to go. That is disheartening.

I guess the baseball issue of the moment is the Chad Everett "contretemps". Forget the issue of where his foot was; the umpire said he was standing out of the batters' box and that is a judgment call by the official. Everett can get angry and can complain, but he clearly lost it. If Bobby Cox gets a 5 day suspension for brushing an umpire (actually it looked to me that he was turning one way and the umpire turned the other way and their arms "intersected") then what does Everett get for a deliberate bump AND a head butt? Frank Robinson - whose boyhood idol had to be Judge Roy Bean - may give Everett a month off. And looking at that head butt, maybe he can catch on as a guy who gets beat up for a living in the WWF??

In case you think Everett may not be a WWF candidate, his is the same guy who has in the past stated that he is not convinced that men ever landed on the moon (it was an elaborate government hoax) and he is certain that dinosaurs ever existed. I think he has exactly the mentality to be in the WWF.

In horse racing, Richter Scale won the Frank DeFrancis Dash in 107 4/5 for 6 furlongs last Saturday which broke the track record by 3/5 of a second. This Grade 1 race had all of four entrants. And that is a major problem at Laurel/Pimlico these days. There are too many races with not enough horses. On Saturday, there were two races with four entrants, one with five and three with six runners. Not interesting! So on Sunday they come back and put out two races with four entrants and two more with five. That is not how you build interest and get money bet through your windows.

Elsewhere in horse racing last weekend, a 3 year old filly named Hallowed Miss won the Dixie Lass Stakes at the Fair Grounds in Louisiana. It was her 16th consecutive victory tying her with Citation, Cigar and Mr. Frisky for most consecutive wins. She has never raced outside Louisiana and her trainer says she will not leave the state this year. That is good news since that means she will not be entered in the Breeders' Cup where she will be trounced. She is a sprinter who has won all her races at 6 1/2 furlongs or less. Saturday's win was at 6 furlongs in 110 4/5 seconds. Check out Richter Scale's time above and you see why this filly should have an asterisk in the record books if she does win her 17th in a row. Her time is what run of the mill allowance horses run for 6 furlongs at Belmont or Saratoga or Churchill Downs.

Lennox Lewis beat Francois Botha to keep the heavyweight championship. Botha is clearly the best glove catcher fighting today; he reminds me of George Chuvalo from the 60s and 70s. The next punch that Botha slips or evades will definitely be the first.

Tom Boswell rants on about why a baseball team needs to come to Northern Virginia and he trots out all the statistics about size of TV market and disposable income and demographics and all that stuff. It means nothing. There are two things that will get a baseball team here and when they happen, the team will be here quickly. Since both are required, it does not matter what the order is so we'll call it the WBQ (Washington Baseball Quinella).

1. Owner with DEEP pockets who is liked by the other owners. Rich is not enough; Mr. Personality is not enough; you gotta have both.

2. Stadium to play in that is less than 2 years old and with lots of luxury boxes and something "charming" or "distinctive" about it that can draw national media attention - like a hot tub in the right field bleachers.

I like the idea of baseball contraction so much that I want to reduce the number of teams back to 24. Maybe that will rid the league of pitchers with ERAs as large as Oprah's dress size.

But don't get me wrong, I love sports...