Just as Wacko as Jacko

Everybody’s making Jose Canseco out to be a bitter ex-ballplayer—if not a steroid-addled whackjob. But what he’s really upset about, I’m convinced, is that he isn’t on Michael Jackson’s witness list.

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Or maybe it’s that he wasn’t asked to pose for Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue.

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Speaking of flaxseed oil, the Giants are already making arrangements for the game Barry Bonds goes for the home run record. And how’s this for classy? Hank Aaron has agreed to throw out the first syringe.

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Who do you suppose registers higher on the Credibility Meter right now, Canseco or Reggie Fowler?

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Can you believe the stunt Fowler, the Minnesota Vikings’ would-be owner, pulled last week? His people issued a “biography” that was loaded with inaccuracies, particularly about his athletic adventures. About the only claim Fowler didn’t make was to have “played football at the University of New Hampshire with George O’Leary.”

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And to think O’Leary would be on the Vikings’ coaching staff if he hadn’t taken the head job at Central Florida.

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Vikes fans are understandably concerned. Because of his NFL “experience,” Fowler might want to suit up at linebacker.

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Actually, that might not be such a bad idea, considering how the Vikings tackle.

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