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Boo Weekley: Ryder Cup Hero! |
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By Steve Eubanks on
Monday, September 22, 2008 3:02 PM
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Words I never thought I would utter: Boo Weekley is a Ryder Cup hero. That is the same Boo Weekley who had never played in a match-play event prior to this year’s Accenture Match Play Championship when his caddy had to tell that it was ok to concede a putt; the same Boo Weekley who had never been out of the country prior to last year’s British Open at Carnoustie where he asked Paul Laurie (1999 Champion, also at Carnoustie) how he qualified, and told the BBC that he thought Milton, Fla. was the birthplace of golf.
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Indignation: Thy Name is Spurrier |
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By Steve Eubanks on
Monday, September 15, 2008 4:45 PM
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Even with a win, Georgia fans couldn’t stop hating on the Ole Ball Coach. Somehow, in their minds, falling from 2nd to 3rd in the national polls was Spurrier’s fault. Georgia was supposed to win big in Columbia. For many, it wasn’t enough just to beat the 62-year-old visor-throwing coach, Bulldog Nation wanted to rip out his still-beating heart and cook it over an open flame. Just Google “I Hate Spurrier With a Hot, Hot Hate” and you will be flooded with Georgia sites calling the former Heisman trophy winner the spawn of Satan (one of the few printable descriptions to be found).
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The Battle for the SEC: Their Own Worst Enemies |
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By Steve Eubanks on
Tuesday, September 02, 2008 2:00 PM
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Saturday night proved one point: the third or fourth best team in the SEC might be the fifth or sixth best team in the country, and could certainly win almost any other conference. Alabama’s emphatic thumping of Clemson in the Georgia Dome put a fat exclamation point on what has finally become conventional wisdom among experts and even begrudging fans: The SEC is the strongest conference in college football. No other league comes close.
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Basketball Redemption in the Wee Hours |
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By Steve Eubanks on
Monday, August 25, 2008 1:49 PM
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You can be forgiven for not getting up at 2:30 on Sunday morning to watch the Olympic gold medal basketball game. It’s an unseemly hour no matter which side of it is devoted to beauty sleep. But, if you missed it, you missed one of the best events of the Beijing Games, and one of the most important events for professional basketball in decades.
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Harrington: An Emerald Champion |
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By Steve Eubanks on
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:54 AM
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“It is the greatest sporting accomplishment by an Irishman in history, really.”
Those were the words of Brian Shaw, a former college standout and one of the first Irishmen to try to play in America on a full-time basis. Shaw did reasonably well, making a meager living on the mini-tours before heading home to become the head professional at Doonbeg Golf Club, a 30-minute drive from Shannon and one of the better links courses on the golf-rich North Atlantic coast.
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Norman Reminds the World Why Tiger is the Best Ever |
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By Steve Eubanks on
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:53 AM
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It’s difficult to say given all the sentimental nostalgia from this past week, but Greg Norman had no chance at the British Open, and not because he’s 53 years old and plays less golf than the average club champion. He blew the 54-hole lead, because that’s what he does.
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Everything at Olympics Will Be Slightly Askew |
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By Steve Eubanks on
Tuesday, August 05, 2008 10:16 AM
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In response to an unexpected outcry (and some projectile vomiting), hotels around the Olympic Village have decided to take “Dog” off the restaurant menus. Of course you can still order snake and worm. Or you can go to the inlaid bamboo aquariums at the back of the dining rooms and select your favorite giant water beetle, which will be steamed in the shell and delivered to your table with a bowl of white or fried rice.
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The Brickyard Recap: Terrible. Embarrassing. Sad…Predictable. |
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By Steve Eubanks on
Monday, July 28, 2008 1:33 PM
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Before it was introduced the current racecar in NASCAR’s premier Sprint Cup series was called the “Car of Tomorrow.” Then NASCAR made a lame attempt to label it the Car of Today. Finally they settled on the COT. This past weekend in Indianapolis the car Showed How Irritatingly Terrible (insert acronym here) it really is.
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Tribute to One of the Last of the Good Guys |
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By Steve Eubanks on
Friday, July 11, 2008 11:57 AM
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Sports lost one of the last of the good guys on Thursday when former Duke All-American golfer and PGA Tour star Mike Souchak died at his home on Belleair, Fla. The Duke Hall of Famer was 81 years old.
Souchak wasn’t someone the casual fan knew, primarily because he played the tour from 1955 to 1966 when three guys named Palmer, Player and Nicklaus sucked all the air out of the game. But the big North Carolinian won 15 times on tour, and was the first real power-player in the game. Golf always had long hitters going back to Old Tom Morris who could crank a feathery farther than anybody, but Souchak, who started his career as an assistant pro at Winged Foot, was one of the first to successfully hit the ball high and hard with straight as a secondary concern, a model that would be followed successfully by guys named Nicklaus, Norman, and now ...
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