The favorite appears to be Sean Pendergast, better known on the airwaves as Cablinasian Seanie. In May, Pendergast won the 1999 Smack-Off Contest on the nationally syndicated Jim Rome Show . Pendergast plans to do his killer imitation of college football coach Lou Holtz. The contest will be held at the Hooters restaurant on Gessner near Westheimer. An all-star lineup of sports broadcasters will pick the winner.
First prize is a free trip to Aruba.
The judges will get a free plate of Buffalo wings. Tickets for Neil Diamond's concert, Dec. 3 at Compaq Center, go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at the usual ticket locations. This concert will sell out in a blink. My advice, get in line at a Ticketmaster outlet bright and early. Diamond hasn't performed in Houston since 1996.