Caught on the Fly.(conduct of athletes)(Brief Article)

Hey, didn't you used to be The Tackler?

* Coach Andy Murray is getting tired of watching his Kings get crowned, especially at this make/break time of year. So while the team was visiting Calgary, Murray decided to take his players on an old-fashioned prairie junket: He took them curling. But Fly hears the Kings offense has gotten so bad, even the curling match ended 0-0.

* Fly was buzzin' around the back of the oversized SUV rented to Hakeem Olaju-wanna-get-outta-Houston last time the Rockets were in Orlando. Seems Hakeem was spending his off-hours nosin' around town. The Dream has taken a sun-sized shine to this here state, enough to make him willing to accept the mere $4.5 mil the Magic could offer him. Now, where's the box on Orlando's offseason checklist for "Add a second gimpy veteran"?

* Speaking of Orlando, the Black-and-Blue have hit the national airwaves seven times this season. The gift of these here Magi: 0-7, with the average L by 13.3 points. NBC and TNT are scheduled to show three more Magic tricks, but the networks have, um, "excused" the team from those commitments.

* Fly wanted a good seat for a glimpse of Cards phenom-turned-phlop Rick Ankiel's throwing sessions in Phlorida last week. Turns out the only safe place on the diamond was in catcher Mike Matheny's mitt. Here's hoping the kid's feelings aren't hurt when he's not invited to the lawn darts tourney at Fly's annual spring bar-b-que.