Stonehenge recommends an ointment made of 2 oz. finely powdered stave-acre to lb. lard; it should be well rubbed in several times a day.

[B]aseball's equivalent of John Wayne, one Dallas Green, will likely come in, take some players by the scruffs of their necks, tell them to shut up and play in a fundamentally sound way. . . . The human boom box, the relentless straight shooter, will keep all comers more than well aware of where he stands.

The widely predicted jeering of Aiden McGeady from the Tartan Army briefly turned to cheers when he was next to see a yellow card for a poor challenge on Fletcher.

The yo-yoing stockmarket whizzed back up by around a quarter and then started to fall again.