Has The Tiger Gotten His Roar Back?

By dfunzy on 8/27/10 2:07pm
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"Tiger roars at Barclays, " says the headlines.  Great!

Well, who doesn't want to see a tiger roar? The Tiger roared after one round of golf and his fans are hopeful. He ties for the lead after the first round at Barclays, yesterday, Thursday, with 6-under 65. But one round won't do it for a comeback.

Okay, now that the divorce is out of the way, he is playing better? Maybe his divorce did effected his game?

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Roger Clemens: A Bum or a bum rap?

By dfunzy on 8/20/10 8:38am
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In these United States, a man is 1000% innocent until his face appears in the media.

Roger Clemens, Mister Cy Young Awards recipient, with the all-time record of seven Cy Young Awards, when he was a player he was the premier Major League Baseball pitcher. He had a 24-year career. He was known as a fierce competitor with a blazing fastball, now after yesterday, following a six count indictment for lying to Congress on super-manning himself up, with illegal performance-enhancing drugs, the dude has gone from being Roger the great, the former Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jay, Houston Astro, New York Yankee dude, to Roger the pox, another ex-Bronx bum. The steroids scandal has shattered the statue of another one.

The fact that‎‎ Roger Clemens, who has lawyered up, may find a way through this is besides the point.

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Martin Kaymer Wins PGA Championship

By dfunzy on 8/16/10 12:05pm
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Another Major, Another First Time Winner

Martin Kaymer, a 25 year old golfer from Germany, won the PGA Championship, yesterday, Sunday. This was the first time he won a major tournament. So it was another major and another relative new face as winner. This year there have been three first-time major winners. No golfer's game at this point is dominant. The first runner up in the tournament, Bubba Watson, is also a relatively new top leader board name at a major golf tournament.

The story of the tournament was the mistake by Dustin Johnson that cost him a chance to take home the trophy. He grounded his club in a bunker. This cost him a two-stroke penalty and denied him a go at the play off.

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Phil Mickelson: Mystery Solved

By dfunzy on 8/11/10 9:30am
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Now, just as Phil Mickelson was about to make the move to replace Tiger Woods in the standings, as the number one golfer on the PGA tour, his golf game has fallen into a severe slump. Yesterday, the world learned the reason why. Mr Mickelson revealed, on Tuesday, that he has psoriatic arthritis, which is a painful condition that could make playing the game of golf very difficult.

But, Mr. Mickleson told the Associated Press, "For five or six weeks, I was a little unsure of how this was going to affect me long term, career, what have you. Now that I feel confident it's not going to affect not only the rest of my career or the rest of my life, but even in the short term it shouldn't have an effect".

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Mickelson Still Following Tiger

By dfunzy on 8/9/10 3:36pm
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Following Tiger Into A Boogie hole

For a good while now Tiger Woods has been in a slump, and for a while now the talk has been that Phil Mickelson is getting ready to make his move on the PGA Tour to replace the Tiger as the number one ranked golfer in the world. But judging by the way Mr. Mickelson has been playing, one would think that he feels psychologically comfortable being number two to the Tiger. This weekend both champions played in the Bridgestone Invitational.tournament, and both performed dismally. They were blown out. Lucky for their ranking in the standings, another relatively unknown, Hunter Mahan, won the event. He won by two shots.

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Big Payoff for the NBA

By dfunzy on 7/13/10 10:27am
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LebronLebronWadeWadeBoshBoshThe NBA fined Cleveland Cavaliers owner for remarks he made about LeBron James. $100,000 -- big mouth, sour grape breath loser, owner Dan Gilbert will have to pay. The dummy, Mr. Gilbert, described Mr. James' decision to leave Cleveland as a "cowardly betrayal. -- a shocking act of disloyalty." Stupid! The keen NBA Commissioner, David Stern, said that Mr. Gilbert's comments on the star NBA player were "ill-advised and imprudent". He should have added shortsighted and taking the very narrow view.

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LeBron James, Basketball Player

By dfunzy on 7/11/10 10:26am
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A shock wave, a HEAT wave, a cold wave followed LeBron James decision to dump Cleveland for Miami.

First the cold wave. That was a Cleveland phenon. A suprised chiller. Why the surprise? Shouldn't have been. There was nothing happening in Cleveland. I don't want to make a joke about it,  but -- There is never anything happening in Cleveland. Enough on Cleveland.

The HEAT wave. Wow -- for Miami. LeBron James decision is a big one for Miami. Miami is getting one of the best NBA players to join the great ones they have.

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Who Stays In Cleveland?

By dfunzy on 7/9/10 11:01am
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Last night,  LeBron James made his great big old national, live television announcement. Basketball fans across America sat up, listened. In Cleveland, the fans, who brought him to the party, gathered around their televisions sets -- And there was nothing for Cleveland, not even a fond goodbye, there was a "Hello Miami!" And Cleveland reacted. See the video.

I feel bad for Cleveland. Home town sports hero has packed his grip and has left town, and he broke the news to the world on national TV, leaving disappointed and angry ex-fans, and a disappointed team owner, to send spitballs flying after him.

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NFL Star and Actor, Merlin Olsen R.I.P.

By dfunzy on 3/11/10 6:48pm
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Merlin OlsenMerlin OlsenToday, (3/11/10), we note the passing  of Merlin Olsen, (1940- 2010). His brother Orrin, announced Merlin Olsen's death to the press. In a statement,  he said that his brother had been treated for mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer, (The New York Times).   Merlin Olsen was 69. He was an outstanding  National Football League (NFL) player, one of the best  linemen who ever played the game. He  played his entire 15-year career with the Los Angeles Rams and was elected to the Pro Bowl in 14 of those seasons. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame.  He was  a longtime pro football color commentator for NBC sports. He was also a popular TV actor.

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Baseball Podcast roundup

By legerdemain on 5/15/09 8:41pm
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One of the great things about the internet is that for a lowish price, you can watch any baseball game, anytime you want. This is, of course, awesome, when mlb.com can actually make it work, which seems to be less than half the time. That’s something for another time, I think. But, what happens when you have to leave the house? You can’t bring your computer into the car, or onto the bus. How do you get your baseball fix? Well, the good news is this; if you go to the podcasts section of the iTunes store and search for ‘baseball’, there are a lot of choices.

As with anything on the internet, a lot of choices means a lot of crap to wade through, but, being the selfless individual I am, I’ve listened to a few so that I can bring you a few recommendations. Obviously, there’s a number for every team, and there’s no way I’m going to listen to all of them, so feel free to suggest your own at the end. Without further ado, then…

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