Thank goodness Phil Mushnick has the courage to debunk the myth that golf was boring without Tiger Woods. The British Open, PGA, and Ryder Cup were the furthest thing from a dreamless sleep. To the contrary, they were riveting drama.  Just because I player is on the European Tour doesn’t mean he isn’t exciting, you know. Tiger overdose syndrome (T...
I don’t know whether to applaud or cry. he was too funny sometimes:
“Eli Manning has been given the rice of passage…”
Anyway, Awful Announcing has the story. Here’s the video. Yes…it’s reedonkyoulous:
I have to agree. We saw every shot of Woods, but little of ANYONE else. In catering to the casual fan” we enrage the majority of our fan base. Look at these scathing comments. It’s not surprising when guys are writing like this, “TIGER HOLES OUT! TIGER HOLES OUT! He’s not done yet!“ Thank you Mr. Overreacting. Take a...
They did raise your personal taxes though. From the article: “Replacing sales tax on services such as golf in the final budget is a different mix of revenues, such as a surtax on personal income and an increase in vehicle licensing fees. It’s uncertain if the commission will recommend an expansion of the sales tax to golf, said H.D. Palmer, a...
78,000 people lost their jobs yesterday across the country. More than half the population of one town in Ohio alone lost their jobs when a plant closed. Across all sectors of the economy, the slide continues to pare away assets and consumer confidence. In golf, the news is just as dismal. The Sports Business Journal reports the PGA trade show will be about 5%...
Well, it’s the day after Thanksgiving and everyone except me and a few other Turkey haters are eating leftover dry stringy bird remnants. I had porterhouse steak yesterday, (***insert Caddyshack reference***: “Oh! Porterhouse!”) as usual, and watched everyone else fall asleep due to tryptophan or whatever it’s called. So it’s...
The U.S. Senate has asked the NFL commissioner to make more game-day broadcasts available to local fans at no cost on broadcast television. From the article in the Sports Business Journal: “The league already provides free broadcasts in the home cities of competing teams, but in a letter to Commissioner, Roger Goodell, 13 members of the Senate said that the NFL...
Thank Goodness for ESPN’s ombudsman, LeAnne Schrieber. She has the courage to be the voice of the Great American Sports fan (much like Steve Czaban). Here is one of her latest articles, discussing how deeply offended we get when ABC sitcom and drama highnlights show up in Top Ten Lists. Transparency Alert! The anchor has no clothes! From the piece: When...
Two quick hits today as we get geared up for the Ryder Cup, (***plug alert*** piece coming soon at PGA.com): First, Terry Frei of the Denver Post takes political correctness to task in the LPGA language imbroglio. Next, Tim Dahlberg of the AP has some choice words on a number of hot topics like the LPGA language rules, the all-but-decided Fed Ex Cup, and the sale of...
This is a project that I am working with both as an attorney and as a writer. We’ve discussed how team golf events would benefit from some of Tom Belton’s ideas such as accelerated scoring, (where when you win your match 4&3 you get seven points, not just one), and fan participation in coaching decisions really turns fantasy sports into reality...
I wrote it here and at Cybergolf back at the PGA Championship; the enabling and coddling of John Daly needs to stop, for his own good and the good of his little boy. I wrote: “His opening-round 67 and comedy-routine press conference won the last few remaining hearts and minds that had never quite been his before. “I finally get him now,” remarked...
In my many dealings with the Chinese government as a lawyer, I have heard the catchphrase “diplomatic immunity” used as a shield to avoid everything from paying for intellectual property rights to getting ordinary E&O insurance to cover an event. The Chinese Government doesn’t negotiate like we do, they bully, scream, cajole, caper, and...
Look at this asinine ESPN article: “Wie ties for last in Fields Open, Creamer takes title.” She comes in last, finishes twenty shots back, and gets more ink than everyone else combined?! She gets not one, but three ESPN headlines including a picture. There’s no pic of the winner, but we MUST all know what Michelle is doing at all times...
Well the rocket sled to hell continues its downward traverse, trampling yet another of our great traditions. In our increasingly “on-demand,” “I want what I want when I want it” TV gets to broadcast a “three hole playoff” for the Women’s Open.
The US Open is now the only big tournament with a Monday 18 hole finish.
You’ll recall my piece describing the tax dispute between the City of Sherrill and County of Oneida on the one hand and the Oneida Indian Nation on the other. The piece is here. While the Oneidas still respond that all official statements about the dispute are addressed on their website, here, when I had discussions with media relations head Mark Emery, I told...