Independence Day is the ideal opportunity to break out that red, white and blue sports style you've been saving in the back of your closet for the right moment. For an appropriate look, consider the super-hot red-white-blue pinwheel-color Clippers hat. Or, for a little irony, try the regulation Montreal Expos lid -- when they end up in D.C. next year, you look prescient, not just patriotic.
With a heat wave baking much of the country, you need a top for July 4 partying that shouts "America" while both looking and staying cool. You already know how we feel about the classic red-and-white horizontal-striped Wes Unseld retro Bullets jersey. But if there's ever going to be a "right" time to pull out that Patriots Super Bowl gear you haven't worn since mid-February, this is it.
Want to declare independence from the passé and pledge allegiance to the sports-trend just about to reach your area code? Take a look at the rest of what's hot and what's not this week. While you're at the holiday barbecue, use it to impress your co-workers, buddies, significant others, beach-housemates and fellow patriots:
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What's Hot, What's Not this week
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| Category |
Hot |
Not |
| Toast of New York baseball |
Raul Mondesi |
Shawn Estes |
| Unfairly maligned |
Amelie Mauresmo |
Anna Kournikova |
| Naming-rights fiasco |
MCI Center |
Enron Field |
| Injury |
Fondue-related scalding |
"Washing a truck" |
| Inappropriate journalistic outing |
"Take a steroids test right now!" |
"Are you gay?" |
| Rookie problem |
Favorite jersey number not available |
Hazing by vets |
| Greg Ostertag conventional wisdom |
Loving sibling |
Sloan-hating lunkhead |
| Hoops flick |
"Like Mike" |
"Juwanna Mann" |
| Cowboys controversy |
What's the deal at QB? |
HBO coming to town; look what happened to Ravens |
| NHL free agent |
Bobby Holik |
Byron Dafoe |
| Latest talk on Tiger |
What's the unspecified injury? |
Oh, at least make the tourneys interesting! |
| Arena League genius |
Ron Jaworski |
John Elway |
| 2006 World Cup fave |
United States |
Brazil |
| PGA guy to follow |
Len Mettiace |
Colin Montgomerie |
| University of Minnesota hoops violations |
Improper women's team workouts |
Good ol' academic fraud |
| NBA free agent |
Devean "Subs Win Championships" George |
Jacque "What's a Dickau?" Vaughn |
| Underappreciated hoops coach |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
Donn Nelson |
| SEC power broker |
Mike Slive |
Roy Kramer |
| MLB flamethrower |
Eric Gagne |
Randy Johnson |
| Mariners' sensitivity |
Erectile dysfunction |
Oral fixations |
| Manager material |
Mitch Williams |
Bruce Bochy |
| WNBA phenom |
Tamika Catchings |
Jackie Stiles |
| Reason to go to MLB games |
Home runs ... home runs ... home runs ... |
Fine pitching |
| "30th All-Star"-voting big winner |
MLB public relations |
Jim Thome |
| Bengals' problem |
Michael Westbrook |
QB controversy |
| MLB All-Star controversy |
Managerial favoritism |
Miguel Tejada |
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.
