Friday, July 17, 2009

Thoughts from the Sports World on Friday 7-17

- When I heard the alarm clock this morning at 9:55 A.M. this morning, I thought two things. Number one, it was time to go back to work. Number two, Tom Watson's run is over. Watson birdied hole number 1, but then bogeyed 5 of the next 6. I thought Watson's run was over. However, two long putts on 16 & 18, put Watson in the final group on Saturday with Steve Marino. Last year, it was Greg Norman, this year it's Tom Watson. Is the British Open now becoming the fountain of youth? Next year, I am taking Sir Nick Faldo to be the man who visits the fountain of youth.

It's definitely going to be odd to not see Tiger Woods around for the weekend. Woods missed the cut at a major for only the second time as a professional. No Woods, no Mickelson, no problem for ABC's coverage on Saturday and Sunday as long as the 59 year old Tom Watson can stay towards the top of the leaderboard, ABC will be okay. Will it be as good as it would be if Tiger was there, probably not? But, ABC won't have the disaster that NBC had with the U.S. Open.

Will the leaderboard look different after Saturday's round with more harsh weather on the way?

More news surfaces in the murder of former Titans and Ravens quarterback, Steve McNair. Apparently the gun that was sold to McNair's girlfriend was bought illegally from a convicted felon.

In other unfortunate news of someone who was slain by a lover, Arturo Gatti's wife is claiming she is innocent. The Gatti-Ward trilogy was replayed tonight on HBO, and will be reshown tomorrow morning on HBO 2. Dan Rafael wrote a very good tribute piece to Gatti on ESPN.com.

Anything strike your fancy from the sports world? Leave it in a comment, or e-mail me at TheSportsBuffet@verizon.net

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