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Wednesday, May 8, 2002
Updated: May 9, 11:03 AM ET
What's hot, not for the week

By Dan Shanoff
Page 2 columnist

Determining the point when something cool becomes passé is a trend-watcher's dream -- but sometimes a tough call. But in this age of "What's Next?", I think it's fair to say that the Iverson-Brown feud is a done issue (until AI gets traded) and dumping on Griffey implies that there's no other prominent athletes to dump on.

The mission of the "What's Hot, What's Not" list is to give you emerging -- and different -- talking points for your office coffee break, after-work bar-hopping or dating scene. Spread the love:

What's Hot, What's Not this week
Category	Hot	Not
Renewed '80s rivalry	Pistons-Celtics	Yankees-Red Sox
Hairstyle	Webber 'fro-with-headband	The Kobe
Home-court advantage	Mark Cuban's money	Cowbells
The Nets wuz robbed	Duncan over Kidd	Carlisle over Scott
Prep-to-pro head-turner	Carmelo Anthony (undeclared)	Lenny Cooke (declared)
Things to do in Cincinnati beside pile on Griffey	Marvel at Jose Rijo	Wonder when that Reds division lead is gonna collapse
Iverson nickname	The Pit Bull	The Answer
Kournikova exploiter	Page 2	Penthouse
Mariners' stadium conduct policies	Sankees Yuck	Keepin' it clean
Iverson trade rumor	For Vince Carter	For Ray Allen
Soccer star	Landon Donovan	Roberto Baggio
Hoops power brokers	International team-owners	AAU coaches
Endorsement goddess	Sarah Fisher (IRL driver)	Anna Kournikova (stalled performances)
Netminder	Patrick Lalime	Dominik Hasek
Super-sub	Lucious Harris	The Hornets' bench
NBA draft marketing strategy	Change name from "Jason" to "Jay"	Hold closed-door workout for Knicks
What Missouri fans will miss about Wesley Stokes, who decided to transfer	His wild hair	His wild decision-making
What flattens Brian Griese?	TD's slammin' parties	DEs through a porous O-line
Baseball club	Angels	Mets
Why a P.R. firm quits a client like Mike Tyson	Because he is, um, insane?	Don't want other clients to be killed by association
Fashion statement	Sweatband on the ankle	Sweatband on the forearm
Movie opening	Steamy "Unfaithful"	Clownish "New Guy"
Acronym	World Wildlife Fund (WWF)	World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE, formerly WWF)
Candidate to host "Millionaire" in syndication	Kornheiser/Wilbon	Mike Tyson
Home-court advantage	The Hangar (Dallas)	The Hive (Charlotte)

Dan Shanoff is a columnist for Page 2. His "What's Hot, What's Not" trend-spotting list appears Thursdays.