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Wednesday, July 17, 2002
Updated: July 18, 1:50 PM ET
What's hot, not for the week

By Dan Shanoff
Page 2 columnist

Whether you attend one of the sneaker companies' summer hoops showcases for prep players -- or you just want to look like you do -- take that tired replica basketball jersey and turn it around, so the team name is on the back and the player name is on the front. From West 4th to the Venice Beach courts and from Indianapolis to Teaneck, N.J., all the cool kids are doing it.

You always liked Jason Terry more than you liked the Hawks as a team, so why not show it? We like the look because it takes the archaic college-hoops mantra "It's not the name on the back; it's the name on the front" and turns it inside-out. Or should that be backwards? Regardless, it'll breathe new life into your old wardrobe of jerseys.

Now that you've got the scoop on one thing that's all the rage, take a look at the rest of what's hot and what's not this week. Feel free to share with your co-workers, buddies, significant others and fellow outraged baseball fans:

What's Hot, What's Not this week
Category	Hot	Not
Fan chant	"Free A.I.!"	"Let them play!"
Williams' will	"Yes, freeze me. Uh, wait a sec..."	"No, don't freeze me. Uh, wait a sec..."
Tough shoes to fill	Scotty Bowman	Chauncey Billups
Comfy in a bike seat	Igor Gonzalez Galdeano	Lance Armstrong
Vintage '80s retro uniforms	Baseball (i.e. '86 Mets)	NBA (i.e. '83 Moses)
Response to being hit by pitch	Throw ball at pitcher immediately	Throw ball at pitcher during his next at-bat
Non-Tiger British Open bandwagon	Sergio Garcia	David Duval
Kevin Garnett sez...	My frustration was scripted!	My frustration was sincere!
Summer-league hoops	NBA hopefuls hoop it up	High-schoolers preen for pros
Revisited college-football rivalry	Florida-Miami	Penn State-Notre Dame
Active Matthews-type	Dave (new CD)	Bruce (retired from NFL)
Celebrity golfer	Jack Wagner	Bill Murray
U.S. Olympic bid city	Washington, D.C.	New York
Weekend flick	Anything with Tom Hanks	Anything with David Arquette
U.S. national soccer team rivalry	MLS All-Stars (a k a "The Wannabes")	Germany (a k a "The Vannabes")
Shaq of the WNBA	Lisa Leslie	Chamique Holdsclaw
MLB trade bait	Jim Thome	El Duque
Who's fault is impending MLB strike?	George Steinbrenner	Bob DuPuy
Hurler	Jarrod Washburn	Odalis Perez
NBA contraction	Salary-cap gets lowered	Let's just disband the Blazers

Dan Shanoff is a columnist for Page 2. His "What's Hot, What's Not" trend-spotting list appears Thursdays. Got inside scoop on an up-and-coming trend? Want to declare something passé? Send this glimpse of your hipness to hotnotlist@yahoo.com.