THE ZAPPER

Mark Bechtel

November 20, 2000

Nothing follows a hearty meal like a long nap, so there's no excuse for not being well-rested for Thursday night's opening-round Great Alaska Shootout game between DePaul and Syracuse (ESPN, midnight).... The best blows during last Saturday's Lennox Lewis-David Tua pay-per-view bout (page 48) came verbally from George Foreman, who got sick of fellow commentators Jim Lampley and Larry Merchant making excuses for Tua late in the fight after having touted him early. "Don't be afraid to eat crow," Foreman admonished. (But cook it first on a Lean, Mean Grilling Machine—right, champ?)