This week’s funniest Olympics-related gag: There’s a poster circulating on the Internet, showing a flummoxed Jean-Luc Picard, sitting in his command chair on the USS Enterprise...
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The Last, Mind-Boggling Hurrah
In case you’re not paying rapt attention, this is a week of endings folks. First, and probably biggest; the interminably long US...
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Corgies in Costumes…and Fortune Cookies
It’s been a busy week friends. After I finished sorting through my latest batch of multi-million dollar inheritance offers from...
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Americans choke in losing Ryder Cup
My column on the U.S. Ryder Cup collapse appeared last night on Sympatico: Choke. It is a simple word, but in sports it comes...
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Burning Rubber and Olympic Flaming
Funniest Olympics-related gag so far: Last Tuesday 9 Olympians were sent home in disgrace, after being caught taking steroids and other performance-enhancing substances. One of those...
On Blue Monsters…and Big Balls
Luke Donald is one of the ultimate all-around sportsmen. He’s incredibly talented. He’s a hard worker. He’s resolved to achieve perfection in a sport that laughs at the very concept. He...
And That's a Wrap…Avec Moutard!
MEMO To: Steve Williams From: Tim Finchem, PGA Tour Commissioner Re: Speaking in Public Dear Steve; Please shut the hell up. In the event you wish to speak in public in...
Golf Coverage a la Jersey Shore
When Doctor Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first heart transplant in 1967, oddly enough the anaesthesiologist in the OR wasn’t swarmed by reporters looking for...
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes…
This could be a wonderful opportunity for Watney to go back-to-back, provided he can keep his mind on the mission and not get distracted by all the extra media attention and new demands on...
Sympatico: Why the Euros Won
Instead of writing the news (does anyone not know the Euros won today), I attempted an analysis of why they won. The resulting column is up at Sympatico, along with a post on Terry...
The Big Money
I’ve been thinking about the finals of the PGA Playoffs for weeks now. It’s not because I’m necessarily rooting for one player to take it all this year...although there are a LOT of...
It's Do or Die…or Don't Show Up, If...
And so, this weekend marks the start of the 2010 Playoff season on the PGA Tour…and the thought that is coursing through the minds of all frost-bitten Canadian boys is this; “when a PGA...