They were sent to jail? You cannot be serious

Love-40 it wasn't.

Two 80-something tennis players — George Morell, 85, and Raymond Moore, 82 — got hauled off to jail in Sun City West, Ariz., after their group refused to leave the R.H. Johnson tennis courts over a membership-card flap and things escalated when deputies arrived.

"All the kids in the cells we were in — they started calling [us] 'Big Pop' and 'Little Pop,' " Moore told Phoenix's KHPO-TV. "They really had a ball with us. They thought this was the dumbest story they ever heard."

As they say on the tennis court, tell it to the line judge.

On a different plane

The longest current losing streak in big-league sports — 17 games — ended last Sunday when the St. Louis Rams beat the Lions in Detroit, 17-10.

"Thousands were waiting at the airport upon the team's return," wrote Greg Cote of the Miami Herald. "Not to cheer the Rams. Just waiting for flights."

Two for the aged

• Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg, on Brett Favre turning 40 last month: "In honor of Favre, the Vikings team bus always leaves its turn signal on."

• CBS's David Letterman, to Yankees catcher Jorge Posada, on Posada's playing prospects at age 38: "How many years can a grown man squat, seriously?"

Relief's on the way

Yankees manager Joe Girardi, stopping on his way home from his team's World Series-clinching victory to help a car-accident victim, alertly called in:

a) AAA.

b) a tow truck.

c) Mariano Rivera.

Sorry we asked

From Janice Hough at LeftCoastSportsBabe.com: "New York Yankees, you've just won the World Series — what are you going to do now?"

"We're going to buy Disneyland!"

Talko time

• Steve Rosenbloom at ChicagoSports.com, after Michael Jordan's son Marcus wore Air Jordans in a Central Florida basketball game — spurring Adidas to drop its sponsorship deal with the school: "Remember, kids, there is no 'I' in team, but there is 'me' in money."

• Dolphins linebacker Jason Taylor, to Sirius NFL Radio, on New York football fans: "The Giants fans are a different type of people, just put it that way. There's a little more class on the Giants side and some Jets fans take the 'cl' out of class."

• Comedy writer Jerry Perisho, on Capt. Sully Sullenberger being named grand marshall for the 2010 Rose Parade and Rose Bowl game: "That means, after the traditional flyover, a B-1 bomber will scrape to a halt in the L.A. River bed."

Money to burn

New York City honored the World Series-champion Yankees — they of the new $1.5 billion stadium and $201.5 million payroll — with a $300,000 parade on Friday.

In keeping with the theme, they replaced the confetti with shredded $100 bills.

Dwight Perry: dperry@seattletimes.com