The Put Up Your Dukes Trophy

By PAUL GRAY/

BOB MILLER

Nevada's Governor offered to fight a columnist who mentioned a "wimp factor" in his re-election campaign. Miller says he was joking: "The first thing I said to him was I hope your health insurance is paid up. If I was really serious, I'd have asked him if his life insurance was paid up."

With reporting by David E. Thigpen