Steelers Qb Brister Gets A Win - And A Kiss

PITTSBURGH - In another incident involving a female reporter in an NFL locker room, Pittsburgh quarterback Bubby Brister was kissed by a Louisiana TV news reporter after the Steelers' 9-6 victory at New Orleans yesterday.

Brister, clad only in a towel wrapped around his waist, was talking to about 10 reporters when Shari Warren, a news reporter for KSLA in Shreveport, La., who attended Northeast Louisiana with Brister, asked the quarterback what he wanted for Christmas.

``I just want to keep winning for Christmas,'' Brister said. ``Maybe you for a while. How about that?''

``You can have me for a while,'' Warren said.

About a minute later, while saying goodbye, Warren kissed Brister and left.

The kiss startled Brister.

KSLA's weekend co-producer, Carl Pendley, said Brister and Warren have known each other for years, but the station's reporters usually don't thank interview subjects with kisses.

Earlier this season, Cincinnati Bengals coach Sam Wyche was fined a week's pay for barring USA Today reporter Denise Tom from his locker room. Several New England Patriots, including Zeke Mowatt, were fined after a locker room incident involving reporter Lisa Olson.

REICH TO QB BILLS

-- ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - With Jim Kelly out for the remainder of the regular season and possibly the playoffs, career backup Frank Reich may determine the ending of the Buffalo Bills' most promising season in

years.

Kelly, who sprained a ligament in his left knee in Saturday's 17-13 victory over the New York Giants, was scheduled to undergo tests today.

That test will help determine the severity of the injury and how long Kelly will be sidelined, according to Bills team physician Dr. Richard Weiss, whose preliminary assessment was that Kelly will be out from two to six weeks.

Kelly said he hoped to be ready ``for the first playoff game,'' but added that the outcome of Sunday's pivotal game with the Miami Dolphins may play a part in his return.

YOU MAKE THE CALL

-- KANSAS CITY - Warren Moon was enjoying the second-best passing day in NFL history, the Houston Oilers quarterback having thrown for 527 yards against the Kansas City Chiefs. The Oilers had the game well in hand, but there was still plenty of time left for Moon to eclipse Norm Van Brocklin's 1951 record of 554 yards.

Should Moon have gone for the record? You make the call.

Moon and the Oilers made theirs, electing to run out the clock in a 27-10 victory without putting the ball in the air.

Anyone watching NBC's telecast of the game knows how broadcasters Don Criqui and Bob Trumpy felt. They wanted Moon to go for it.

``That's what records are there for,'' Criqui said, ``to be broken.''

NOTES

-- Le-Lo Lang, the Broncos' rookie cornerback from the University of Washington, made his first NFL interception count. Lang picked off a Billy Joe Tolliver pass at the goal line, halting the Chargers' fourth-quarter drive and helping to preserve Denver's 20-10 win.

-- Chicago free safety Mark Carrier, a rookie from USC, tied the Bears' single-season interception record of nine, set by Roosevelt Taylor in 1963, in a 38-21 loss to the Lions.

-- Detroit kicker Eddie Murray became the first player in Lions' history to score 1,000 points when he connected on five extra points and a 26-yard field goal.

Murray has 1,006 points in 11 NFL seasons.

Compiled from Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Knight-Ridder Newspapers.