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Thursday, August 29, 2002
Updated: August 30, 12:32 PM ET
What's hot, not for the week

By Dan Shanoff
Page 2 columnist

All hail the queen. Serena Williams made her case as the sports world's leading fashionista at her opening match Monday night at the U.S. Open. Serena wore a Puma-labeled, all-in-one, skin-tight, black faux-leather, Daisy-Duke-cut uniform, complemented with a pink wristband and a little ice on the wrist. This ain't Wimbledon; it was pure New York.

Whether she wins the Open or not, she has set a new bar for women's tennis. And don't be looking for it at your local shopping center, either. Let Serena tell you herself: "If you don't have a decent shape, this isn't the outfit to have." If only that was posted in every dressing room in town.

So now that you know one thing that's "in," check out the rest of what's cool and passé in sports:

What's Hot, What's Not this week
Category	Hot	Not
Jamal Anderson pun	Boston Flee Party	Boston TD Party
Overrated	Florida State	Seneca Wallace
Heisman front-runner	Maurice Clarett	Kliff Kingsbury
New-logo mania	Grizzlies	Hornets
LLWS hotbed	Brooklyn in '03	Harlem in '02
Labor issue	Still the money	Drug-testing
Oh, the fans will care!	Sportswriters on strike!	Players on strike!
That feisty Cincy QB battle	Gus Frerotte	Jon Kitna
NFL bandwagon	Chemistry	Talent
Hoops World Championships	Dirk Nowitzki	The Hardly-a-Dream Team
Out pitch	Eephus	Sinker
NBA free agent	Bryon Russell	Rafer Alston
NFL "-ologist"	Replay-ologist	Cap-ologist
What to say 'bout Anna K.	No winning, no problem	Enough of the losing already
Savior of men's tennis	James Blake	Andy Roddick
Baseball alliterative name	Jacque Jones	Coco "15 Minutes" Crisp
Weekend matchup	Washington-Michigan	Owners-players
Olympic sport	Golf	Baseball

A very special What's Hot, What's Not List supplement
In honor of Page 2's tribute to sports movies, we present a special supplement to the weekly "What's Hot, What's Not" list:

What's Hot, What's Not with sports films
Category	Hot	Not
Plots	Flawed heroes	Scrappy underdogs
Sport subject	Anything "X"	Baseball
Worthy of a sequel	"Blue Crush II: Beach Party"	"Juwanna Mann II: S/he's Back"
Britney Spears	NASCAR-style movie-star	Top 40 hit-maker
Candidates for new Fed chair	Hoosiers' Norman Dale	Rocky's Paulie
Actor	Vin Diesel	Ving Rhames
Documentaries	Bull-riding	Boxing
Underappreciated	"Rocky III"	"Rocky V"
Teen genre	Swimfan	Summer Catch on DVD
Fad coming out of next season's movies	Bear Bryant-style hats	"Quidditch" as Olympic sport

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.