SCATTERSHOOTING: Some hither, others yon.(The Dallas Morning News)

Scattershooting while wondering whatever happened to Jim Bibby:

Both Muhammad Ali and Roy Jones are pushing Sen. John McCain`s boxing reform, which entails Labor Dept. taking over regulation of this confused mess. Don King, of course, opposes, and the files are bulging with pelts of folks who sold him short. Incidentally, you wonder if King is after tv rights to June 14-15 Met-Yankee games, due to be first appearance of Roger Clemens against Mike Piazza and pals, after their explosive incidents two seasons back. It would be a shame but no surprise to see the Heisman Trophy go commercial (Texaco Heisman? Mastercard Heisman?). Longtime presenter of same, the Downtown Athletic Club in New York, has fallen on rocky times, is now being sued for unpaid bills of the last three ceremonies. Dept. of Historical Research: Walter Johnson, the famous old Senator pitcher, lost 26 games by a 0-1 score.

All these steroid headlines, baseball division, actually are rehash of an old story. Remember the hullabaloo over death of pro footballer Lyle Alzado a decade ago? Before that, there was the extensive survey conducted by a Chicago doctor in which he reported the biggest steroid health danger was among teenagers. And not especially young jocks, but the crowd he called "beach walkers," i.e. young swains who wanted to attract opposite sex by muscular torsos. With all this off-season emphasis on who'll be Cowboys No. 2 quarterback (Anthony Wright, Clint Stoerner, Chad Hutchinson, Joe Blow) seems as though Smiley's people fully expect starter Quincy Carter will be lost to injury. Don't recall this much concern over a backup qb, not even in Troy Boy's last seasons.

Aside to Lennox Lewis: Don't forget your rabies shot. Did we get this straight? Mark Cuban doesn't mind the spotlight so long as it's one of his own choosing? Our neighbor Jones sez by the time you have enough money to burn, the fire has gone out. Creighton Miller, who died last week, represented one of the illustrious Notre Dame football families. Irish coach Frank Leahy said Creighton was the best running back he ever coached, Creighton's pop was Irish captain in 1908; four uncles also played at South Bend, including Don Miller, a member of the famed Four Horsemen. Ex-Packer (and Lion and 49er and Cowboy) Don McIlhenny brings back a remarkable figure from Green Bay player reunion: In Vince Lombardi`s nine seasons there, only 105 players wore the uniform.

Question for Celebrity Boxing stagers (stolen from attorney Joseph Welch at the McCarthy hearings): "Sirs, have you no sense of decency?" If Fox insists on ...