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Wednesday, July 24, 2002
Updated: July 26, 3:52 PM ET
What's 'groovy' this week

By Dan Shanoff
Page 2 columnist

Yeah, baby! We're all caught up in the frenzy around the new "Austin Powers" flick that opens this weekend. So flick on the lava lamps, cue the get-randy music and enjoy the smashing special-edition "What's Groovy, What's Not Groovy" list. Need the info!

To kick it off, let's announce our 10-member "All-Groovy" Team: David Beckham, Nick Faldo, Jabar Gaffney, Moochie Norris, Travis Pastrana, Michael Vick, Ben Wallace, Teresa Weatherspoon, Ralph Wiley and Barry Zito. Want to nominate your own sports figure to the "All-Groovy" Team? Send it to Page 2.

So now that you've got the scoop on a couple things that are groovy, take a look at the rest of the list. Impress your co-workers, friends and especially the ladies. Oh, behave!

What's Hot, What's Not this week
Category	Groovy	Not Groovy
Sex symbol	Beyoncé Knowles	Elizabeth Hurley
"Fat Bastard"	Vin Baker	Sam Adams
Deserving of a Mini-Me	Mini-Peyton Manning	Mini-Bud Selig
Pharmaceutical	Liquid mojo	Anything that gets you banned from sports
Politeness police	Yankees management	Mariners management
Rookie QB	Joey Harrington	Any holdout
Playing surface	Economical astroturf	Expensive grass
Thanks for the leftovers	Brian Moehler	Kenny Rogers
Why '70s baseball was like "That '70s Show"	Both were scripted	Baseball missing that red-headed hottie
Spurrier's guy	Sage Rosenfels	Pat Ramsey
NBA Summer League legend	Chris Andersen	DaJuan Wagner
Hurler	Damian Moss	Freddy Garcia
John Daly's biggest problem	No one cares what he does anymore	Applied Super Glue to hand gash
Police blotter	Accounting fraud	Anything AI
Endorsement	Razors	Performance enhancers
Hockey gimmick	Goalposts that light up	Alexandre "Oscar" Daigle comeback
Brewing LPGA fiasco	Commish wants to see "talent"	No shortage of talent
Suckers	Celtics	Sonics
Tiger Woods	Who needs him? Playoffs rule	The more titles, the better
Athletes coming out	Social anxiety disorder	Steroids
Retro MLB uniforms	Braves	Phillies
Great Outdoor Games event	The one with the pole-climbing	The one with the dog-running
Sportscaster role model	Orson Welles	Red Barber
NBA player summer schedule	Kick butt at Rucker Park	Kick own butt while training
Yao-believer	Vince Carter	Rockets management

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.