This List Is Certainly Food for Thought

Like their Philadelphia brethren, stadium officials in Oakland have relented on a prohibition against fans bringing their own food to NFL games.

But the list of contraband for Raider games is still long.

It includes coolers, backpacks, large bags, containers, fireworks, firearms, knives, weapons, alcohol, drugs, poles, sticks, scooters, umbrellas, portable chairs, video cameras, laser pointers, computers, non-service animals and beverage containers -- including bottled water.

“As though the people who would put vodka in a water bottle for stadium use hadn’t already become steaming drunk in the parking lot two hours earlier,” notes Ray Ratto of the San Francisco Chronicle.

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Trivia time: Who was the leading rusher in the Pacific-10 Conference last season?

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Movie time: With “Seabiscuit” in theaters, Sports Illustrated has published its choices for the 50 best sports movies ever made.

The top 10: 1. “Bull Durham” 2. “Rocky” 3. “Raging Bull” 4. “Hoop Dreams” 5. “Slap Shot” 6. “Hoosiers” 7. “Olympia” 8. “Breaking Away” 9. “Chariots of Fire” 10. “When We Were Kings.”

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Oh, boy: The wives of Seattle Mariner players have given birth to seven children this year. All seven are boys, the latest being a 6-pound, 14-ounce boy named McCabe delivered last week by Karen Moyer, wife of pitcher Jamie Moyer.

“It must be something in the water,” Jamie Moyer said. “I’ll take it. That’s one less wedding I’ll have to pay for.”

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Reg-gie, Reg-gie: Reggie Jackson appeared at a tribute to the 1973 Oakland A’s World Series champions in Oakland on Saturday and proceeded to rip his hosts.

These days -- particularly with his number not yet retired in Oakland -- he aligns himself with the New York Yankees, who played the A’s this weekend.

“We’re the best team. We have the most talent,” said Jackson, now a member of a Yankees’ special advisory group, drawing hissing and light boos from the Oakland crowd, the Chronicle reported.

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Boss time: The best song of New Jersey’s premier rock star could become the theme song of the $1-million Haskell Invitational, one of the state’s most prestigious horse races.

“Born to Run,” Bruce Springsteen’s 1975 anthem, played as horses walked onto the Monmouth Park racetrack on Sunday for the 36th edition of the richest invitational event in North America.

“It’s our intention that the song becomes synonymous with the Haskell,” said George Zoffinger, president of the New Jersey Sports & Exposition authority, which operates the track.

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Trivia answer: Steven Jackson of Oregon State with 1,690 yards.

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And finally: Mike Downey, a former Times columnist who now writes for the Chicago Tribune, isn’t necessarily impressed with the Lakers’ off-season player additions:

“Karl Malone, Gary Payton and Horace Grant?

“That doesn’t sound much like ‘Showtime’ to me. Sounds more like Slowtime.

“I haven’t seen superstars this old in Los Angeles since ‘On Golden Pond.’ ”