If there's one thing that American journalsim needs more of, it's copy editors who can write a straightforward headline. Every day you can be assured of opening your paper, noticing a headline and cringing at the thought that someone believed it was clever.

The sports pages are not devoid of these headlines. A look at the best of the worst.

- "Cards can only prosper if DeWitt opens DeWallet"

- "Jamie's achy but not braky"

- "Will he be A-Lightening-Rod?"

- "Perhaps it's always Darko before the dawn for new Grizzly"

- "Right man for job? Sir-tainly"

- "Griese-ing the skids"

- "Fans' beer woes may be brewing"

- "C.C. won't be E-Z task"

- "Sack-rificial man"

- "Madison Err Garden"