HE SCORES! Last week so many sports stars got into trouble, it was as if they were competing. It seems appropriate, therefore, to inaugurate the Pete Rose Chalice for sporting miscreancy. The recipients are:

--Dennis Rodman, who was fired from the Los Angeles Lakers after being late to practice because, he said, he couldn't find his sneakers;

--University of Connecticut point guard Khalid El-Amin, who was arrested on marijuana charges;

--Yankee Darryl Strawberry, who is in treatment for cancer but was picked up for possessing cocaine and soliciting sex from an undercover cop.

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