MEMO FROM THE SPORTS DESK: That’s right, Ernesto the Prediction Iguana, (12-2-1 in his last three weeks of football picks!), is back with another edition of “Think Before you Facebook Something STUPID!” We all love Facebook, but when you get over 250 friends, it gets hard to keep track of everything when “friends” decide that any and...
So the New York Post has really been hammering the Steve Phillips cheating story. I’m surprised they didn’t find this video of Phillips’s wife’s choice words for him in private… Meanwhile Steve Czaban sums…this…up nicely… “This gal couldn’t get laid at a Star Trek convention with a fist full of $20’s...
Brian from Awful Announcing might want to link to this video of a horribly unprofessional CNN anchor acting like a lugnut fan: “O” well…at least we won’t have to see Medinah – that big ugly dog nobody likes, that red-haired step-child of a major championship venue with six fingers and six toes which should have kept it’s shoes and...
Oh this is PRICELESS! One of the best in the Real Men of Genius series.
MEMO FROM THE SPORTS DESK: Once again, life proves stranger than fiction, and people prove they still have not learned that not every thought is worthy of public expression. Ernesto the Prediction Iguana and I had this epic rant last time, and between many people responding that “thank God someone said something,” and getting four months of mind-numbing...
Hat tip to Steve Czaban for this one: “Shoots a cool 88 on Friday at the Grand Blanc Pitch N’ Putt, which includes a 51 on the front! Here’s Daly’s card for Round 2: 1 quint, (on a par 5 no less) 1 quad on a par3 1 triple 2 doubles 2 bogeys 2 birdies Oh yeah, he was also seen partying at Kid Rock’s place this week. Fabulous. Tim Finchem...
Sal Johnson, our great James Joyce of a golf writer, has this excellent preview of the British Open. From the article: # Key stat for the winner: The ability to adjust to the elements, especially wind and rain, is often crucial at the Open Championship. In 1986 when the Open was played at Turnberry, Greg Norman was the best at in some terrible conditions and was able...
Two good articles: First, Hank Gola ia a great friend to golf and our staff. Here’s his new blog. Second, Golf Digest has this story about how Bivens is out, and the only open question is resignation or firing. I’m warning you right now, they might repeat the same mistakes if they don’t reject all of Bivens’s inner circle for a successor. They...
What’s Her Name, with the overbearing parents, phalanx of P.R.apologists, and vocal army of I-know-nothing-about-golf-I’m-just-on-a-golf-gender-bender supporters came in 10th in a rural LPGA tournament and, of course, got more press than the winner, (Jiyai Shin, if you hadn’t heard, which you likely didn’t). Yet still we get What’s Her...
Tony from Hooked on golf, you owe me one new laptop and one cappuccino! Join in on the laughs as Iron Maiden “Nicko McBrain” nearly gets McBrained by a golf ball before a show in Costa Rica. Look at the sign in the video! “Iron Maiden! Puro Vido!” No wonder they’re throwing golf balls, they’re treating it like a soccer game...
The U.S.G.A. has an important message for everyone going to this year’s U.S. Open: have a great time, but be considerate and respectful to the players or be gone. “The New York crowd is always a special crowd, with great energy, and excitement is great, but it’s one thing to be knowledgeable of the game and good golf fans…and I know we’ll...
Oh…my…God. I guess this ends all the white belt discussions! Attention Marty Hackel! Fashion clean-up on Aisle 2! I haven’t seen an outfit like that since The Grateful Dead broke out dark Star in Hampton, VA in ’89. Patricia Hannigan will have a field day with this one, it she can stop throwing up long enough to type. Hey Daly! Janis...
We interrupt this sports website for a public service announcement. Most of you have met Ernesto. Ernesto is our Prediction Iguana. Ernesto correctly picked Padraig Harrington to win two straight Open Championships, (well done, Ernesto!), and had Italy in the 2006 World Cup. Ernesto also works security around here, along with other odd jobs. Ernesto said to...
I’ve never been a fan of drunk rowdy crowds, and especially not 16 at Scottsdale. Well Robert Allenby’s experience with a similar situation in Australia underscores exactly how ugly embracing this trend will get. The dispute began like this: AUSTRALIAN OPEN organisers are considering scrapping the controversial party hole, where the cruel comments of...
I really wish Brian from Awful Announcing would cover more golf, but in his absence, we can settle for Phil Mushnick quite well. In his New York Post column today, Phil attacks the non-sensical, excess of flowery prose that routinely drives viewers crazy. For me, Exhibit A is Dan Hicks, as he tries to outdo himself while gushing nasally over Tiger like a deery...