People: Jun. 4, 2001

Not Quite Prime Time

RANDY MOSS is football's most electrifying player. As a basketball player, he's still an electrifying football player. Moss made his pro hoops debut for the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs of the United States Basketball League (just like the NBA, except without all those talented basketball players), scoring seven points and playing less defense than the Italian army, in a thrilling 113-112 victory over the Long Island Surf. ValleyDawgs coach Darryl Dawkins admitted to trying to protect Moss, who receives $3.5 million from his day job as a Minnesota Vikings wide receiver. "I didn't want to put him in a...

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