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Oliver's Twist: Bowen for mayor? It's a logical choice

Richard Oliver - Express-News Ex-councilman Julian Castro is in. So is current councilwoman Diane Cibrian, though an official announcement is pending. Local marketing headliner Trish DeBerry is a possible contender.

When it comes to the 2009 mayoral race, there are heavyweights aplenty to lead the city over the following two years. But when it really comes down to it, they're all just warming the chair for what's coming in 2011.

Then, there will really be only one name to consider.

Bruce Bowen.

It makes perfect sense, of course, and anyone watching the Spurs over the past seven seasons knows the reasons why.

Bowen, 37, routinely takes on the toughest challenges without complaint. Strong on defense, an enforcer when need be, the California native has been the fortifying bulwark for three championship teams.

He's helped lift the hopes of San Antonio. Now he can help run the city, as well.

Bowen knows how to play the game, on and off the court.

When not grappling with Kobe Bryant on the hardwood, he's hugging old ladies off it. When not taking elbows in the kisser, he's kissing babies.

He's not afraid to get nasty if needed. Just ask Steve Nash.

When not giving a foe the business in crunch time, perhaps with a knee to the nether regions, Bowen is doing business away from the spotlight. He and and his wife of four years, Yardley, own a local salon and other interests.

When not being uncharitable during games, ticking off and shutting down Vince Carter, Ray Allen or Grant Hill with in-your-jersey attention, Bowen is a charitable machine. The father of two boys runs the Bruce Bowen Foundation, speaks out against child obesity and is active with Elf Louise and the San Antonio Alzheimer's Association.

He's got a degree in communications from Cal State Fullerton and has racked up public relations classes at UTSA. The man can speak.

And before home games last week, Bowen did something else to separate himself from other players: During the national anthem, he placed his hand over his heart.

That's Bruce Bowen: strong on defense. A great communicator. A winner.

Above all, a great American.

And in 2011, mayor of San Antonio. It makes perfect sense.

OLLIE'S FOLLIES

Mayfair lady

PGA Tour player Billy Mayfair celebrated his recent wedding with former Arizona State golfer Tami Proctor in unique fashion, commissioning a 10-tiered, 40-layered, 100-pound cake adorned with images of Homer Simpson. The Arizona Republic reported that the concoction was so monstrous, towering over the couple in photographs from the reception, that it took two months just to bake. Mayfair made the special order because Homer is one of his favorite characters. The cost? At least $50,000. Yikes, that’s a lot of D’oh!

Naked ambition

Just in time for Christmas, a company has unveiled a new mobile video game: Naked Babe Soccer. As the title suggests, the offering provides four “soccer skill mini-games” featuring crudely-%animated nude women on the field. PocketGamer.com, however, isn’t all that flushed with excitement over the product, noting in its review that it lacks in “quality.” The result, the site says, “is reasonably attractive for a low-budget adult game, although animations are poor, featuring few enough frames to seem more like a slide show than movement.” No big deal. The only guys who will be playing the game can’t score, anyway.

Stupor Bowl

Heading into Sunday’s games, both the Giants and Jets were leading their respective divisions, a development that had fans in Gotham envisioning a Subway Super Bowl. Last week, the New York Daily News jumped the gun and published position-by-%position matchups for “the dreamiest of Super Bowl dreams.” In that comparison, the Giants came out on top in every position except for receiver, linebacker and secondary, including rating Eli Manning over Hall of Famer-to-be Brett Favre. A Big Apple Bowl? That would bite.

The porcelain throne

Recently, they held the 60th annual Commode Bowl in West Virginia. As always, players loaded up inflatable toilet bowls and other makeshift floats for a parade through the town of Dunbar before ending at the middle school. There, in the chill of winter, the participants, many filled with liquid courage, pounded on each other in a pads-free tackle football game. In this year’s edition, the River Rats beat the Hillside Rams, 28-0. “I fought with a guy last year,” one player told reporters beforehand, “and we went out afterward and got drunk together.” Hey, as with any Commode Bowl, it’s how you finish.

Fruit of the gloom

A man, 48, was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery last week after trying and failing to stick up a pro shop near Salt Lake City, Utah — while wearing underwear on his head to hide his identity. The robber, wielding a 10-inch butcher knife and demanding money, approached a clerk at Central Valley Golf Course. According to the Salt Lake City Tribune, the clerk replied, “You gotta be kidding,” and wrestled the thief. After slashing the clerk on the ear and hand, the man, underwear still on his head, tried to run but was chased down by angry customers in a golf cart. Call it a briefs getaway.

Text repeal

Former top-ranked tennis star Boris Becker got a dose of his own medicine recently when his fiancée, model Sandy Meyer-Woelden, dumped him with several text messages. Coincidentally, Becker had broken up with his previous girlfriend in a similar manner last year. The ex-athlete, 40, said the latest SMS messages, sent in late October, “trampled on my soul.” Becker, now a pro poker player, told the German daily newspaper Bild, “To make sure how serious she was, she sent me five others saying the same thing.” Wow, Meyer-Woelden really gave him the fingers.

PLEASE SIR, I WANT SOME MORE ...

... of Hall of Famer Mike Ditka. 2Opining on the Detroit Lions, he said, “We need to put two teams on every Thanksgiving who are competitive. We all stuff a turkey on Thanksgiving. That doesn’t mean you have to stuff that turkey down our throats.”

... of TheOnion.com. The sports parody Web site offers this, in the wake of the conclusion of the NASCAR season: “Jimmie Johnson’s car put out to stud.”

... of NBC “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno. In his monologue last week, he noted, “I’ll tell you how bad the economy is. Last night, I saw Jack Nicholson at a Clippers game.”

... of Matt Youmans of the Las%Vegas Review-Journal. After the University of Arkansas angling team won the Boat U.S. National Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship, he wrote, “The Razorbacks are No. 1 in the poles.”

IN A TWIST

According to Expedia’s recently completed “Go Like Pro Survey,” 18 percent of pro football fans say they would never marry a fan of their team’s archrival. More than 40 percent say they’d rather have one of their children become an NFL star than win a Nobel Prize. Additionally, 39 percent say they would skip a “hot date” to see a game, 41 percent would miss their own birthday party to watch their team play and 25 percent admit they can better remember pro football statistics than the birthday and anniversary dates of family and friends. Gads, it’s time to call for a backsides kick.

ON THE CLOCK

5 - Days until the Big 12 Championship Game. It won’t be hard to spot the Longhorns’ fans this week. They’re the ones wearing burned orange.

17 - Days until wrestler-turned-%actor “Stone Cold” Steve Austin turns 44. The only Stunner he delivers these days is on defenseless movie audiences.

18 - Days until the premiere of “Yes Man.” Not to be confused with the Dallas Cowboys’ instructional video for Adam “Pacman” Jones: “Just Say No, Man.”

24 - Days until the Spurs are in Phoenix for a Christmas Day showdown. It’s always a holiday treat to see Shaq’s belly shake like a bowl full of jelly.

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