The Boxer Movie

Even his trainer thought he was becoming a little too, um, enthusiastic. When it was decided that Daniel Day-Lewis was going to play a boxer in "The Boxer," a new screen collaboration by the "In the Name of the Father" team Jim Sheridan and Terry George, the actor threw himself into preparations with a fervor that could be conservatively described as whole hog. He trained like a man possessed.

Even his trainer thought he was becoming a little too, um, enthusiastic. When it was decided that Daniel Day-Lewis was going to play a boxer in "The Boxer," a new screen collaboration by the "In the Name of the Father" team Jim Sheridan and Terry George, the actor threw himself into preparations with a fervor that could be conservatively described as whole hog. He trained like a man possessed.

I quit believing in the college football coaches' poll the Sunday morning I walked into the sports information director's office at Tennessee and found him filling out Coach Johnny Majors' ballot. I was reminded of that this season, when Penn State Coach Joe Paterno, embarrassed to learn he voted Florida State No. 1 in one weekly poll instead of Big Ten cousin Michigan, confessed his ballot was cast by an aide.