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An Afternoon With John Daly (Including His Sunday 'Diet' and the 'Wal-Mart Crowd')

Will BrinsonPosted Aug 18th 2008 1:00AM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: Featured Stories


Notes from the FedEx Cup at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro.

On Saturday, I heard from a very reliable source that John Daly's intake during Monday's Wyndham Pro-Am included (over 18 holes): 21(!) cigarettes, eight Diet Cokes and four bags of M&M's.

My response was, initially: "Get the #%^@ out" and secondly, "Okay, now I have to actually follow Daly on Sunday and write this all down."

Yeah, a pretty repulsive way to spend an entire Sunday afternoon, right? Well, I've had worse. Until today.

What follows is kind of like a "Where's Waldo?" game for cigarettes and Diet Coke. Don't bother looking for any water -- I'm pretty sure Daly hasn't had a sip of water since at least 2002. Originally, I was going to post a picture of every cig and every Diet Coke, but ...

It wouldn't be a Daly round if I didn't have to fight through what some anonymous people referred to as "the Wal-Mart crowd". And by "fighting" I mean "taking tons of pictures of people in jorts (jeans + shorts - belt) and Mason Crosby jerseys". And the fans, folks, are way, way more entertaining at this stage of his career.
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Team Owners Favor McCain Over Obama

Eric McErlainPosted Aug 15th 2008 2:35PM by Eric McErlain (author feed)
Filed under: Featured Stories

Over at The Politico, reporters Ken Vogel and Matt Lindsey did plenty of scout work to determine that when it comes to owners of major league sports franchises, Republican Senator and presumptive GOP Presidential nominee John McCain is doing far better than his Democratic Party counterpart Barack Obama in the fundraising department:




Through the end of June, team owners in the four major sports and their families have given to or raised as much or more than $3.2 million for McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, compared with as much as $615,000 for his Democratic rival Obama, according to a Politico analysis of data from the Federal Election Commission, the campaigns and interviews.

Not only did McCain raise more than Obama from the owners in each of the four major professional sports leagues analyzed, but McCain even raised six times more from the owners of teams in Obama's hometown of Chicago.
As you might expect, there are a lot of familiar names thrown about here. But the most stunning revelation isn't revealed until far deeper into the piece -- apparently, most of the team owners who were big donors to the presidential campaign of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, have yet to make a contribution to the Obama campaign, perhaps an indication of some lingering resentment after a bruising primary season. Just one example is New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, who donated $2,300 to Clinton's primary campaign, but has since made donations to McCain's join presidential campaign committee.

One notable exception to that seems to be Charlotte Bobcats owner Bob Johnson, who donated the $2,300 maximum to Clinton's campaign while "bundling" another $100,000 in contributions -- efforts that Johnson has since matched and then exceeded on behalf of the Obama campaign. And for those of you who might be wondering, Bobcats minority owner Michael Jordan donated $2,100 to Obama's primary campaign, but has yet to make a contribution to his general election bid.
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The John Daly PR Machine Is Coming to a Hooters Restaurant Near You

Will BrinsonPosted Aug 14th 2008 12:30AM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: Featured Stories


I really don't think it was unfair to have tremendous expectations about John Daly's appearance Wednesday night at the Hooters in Greensboro, NC.

He was here, of course, for the Wyndham Championship and he was there, of course, because he's sponsored by Hooters. Or maybe, like every other dude in a wife beater with a pool cue Wednesday night, he likes women, beer and wings.

Those three wonderful things combined with John Patrick Daly had me envisioning a madhouse scene: Greensboro's upper crust pounding bricks, swinging pool cues, offering to buy Daly shots, inked up mammalian glands and enough cig smoke to exhume Marge Schott.

So, armed with a digital camera, a Care to Get Nice trucker hat and four cartons of Marlboro Lights -- should such a bribe be necessary to get 15 minutes of Daly's time -- I headed up to Hooters to meet some friends of mine (Mr. Coffin seen above right, Mrs. declined to be photographed at Hooters).

When I parked my car and started walking towards the restaurant -- the Cult's "Fire Woman" blaring from the 100.3 Buzzard-mobile -- I was pretty sure it would be madness inside.

I was way wrong.
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Erin Andrews Thinks Mike Nadel's Criticism of Her at the Cubs Game Is 'Really Sad'

Will BrinsonPosted Aug 2nd 2008 7:15PM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: Blogs, ESPN, Featured Stories


Mike Nadel was highly critical of Erin Andrews in a recent column entitled "Blonde bombshell can't distract red-hot Cubs". Nadel essentially called Andrews out for her outfit (which was "designed to accentuate her, um, positives") and her behavior around the athletes (touching Alfonso Soriano's bicep), as well as the athletes behavior towards her (Lou Piniella asking her if she was "on a modeling assignment").

Piniella was asking in a joking and complimentary manner, but there was nothing funny nor nice about Nadel's column. Michael Rand (Randball!) caught up with Andrews to get her thoughts on his column and she was not impressed.
"I think my overall reaction is that it's really sad that in 2008 ... I have people watching every single move I make," Andrews said. "When there's a big game between the Cubs and Brewers going on, it's sad that that's what their focus is on. ... And the last thing I had heard is that when you want to do a story on someone, you contact them."
Frankly, I tend to agree with Andrews. But only in the sense that Nadel had no business attacking her personally with his column, especially without even speaking with her. Even though, according to his interview with Deadspin, he did not intend to do that (but rather to attack the "Erin Andrewsness" going on the world today), it still came off that way.
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AJC Blows ESPN's Cover -- Valdosta, Georgia Is Titletown, USA

Will BrinsonPosted Jul 28th 2008 2:30PM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: Blogs, ESPN, Featured Stories

Is there anything funnier than seeing ESPN get egg on its face a bunch of network suits get all wadded up about something leaking to the press? I would argue "No." I would also argue that Valdosta, Georgia is not "Titletown, USA".

ESPN clearly would argue with me, as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has already announced (via Donny Chavez) that Valdosta will be crowned in about three and a half hours. Whoops.
For years, it's been called Winnersville. Now, the south Georgia town of Valdosta has another name: TitleTown USA, thanks to ESPN.

The cable sports network is coming to Valdosta today to declare Valdosta the winner of its summer promotion that earlier this month featured the city as one of its 20 finalists for the national award.

The trophy ceremony will be filmed at Valdosta High School's Bazemore-Hyder Stadium, where fans and citizens are encouraged to arrive by 2 p.m. Valdosta will be announced the winner on Monday's 6 p.m. "SportsCenter."

According to the Valdosta Daily Times, Valdosta High School has won 116 region and state championships, a large chunk of them in football. The Wildcats football team is the nation's all-time winningest program and has 23 state championships.
Well, I'll be. Maybe they do deserve the award. And frankly, I'm totally fine with that.

Heck, as far as I'm concerned, just keep Boston out of the winner's circle and make sure the announcement gets leaked just early enough to ruin the six o clock "celebration" and I hope they run this thing every year.

Or ... or.. and bear with me here, because this is crazy, hip and awesome ... what if they had a contest where a bunch of bands came on SC every night to try and create the best possible theme to Titletown? At that point you could just stop running highlights and show music all the time. It would be great!

Buzz Bissinger vs. the NCAA

Eric McErlainPosted Jul 21st 2008 2:29PM by Eric McErlain (author feed)
Filed under: College Sports, Featured Stories

Like a whole lot of other serious bloggers, I didn't need much of an excuse to take a piece out of Buzz Bissinger in the aftermath of his infamous appearance on Costas Now with ex-Deadspin Editor Will Leitch. Since then, Bissinger has been making more positive noises about blogging.

Then again, after getting roasted the way he did online, I don't doubt that he might have come to the conclusion that bloggers could just as easily kill his next book as vault it to bestseller status. But today, I come not to bury Bissinger but to praise him. In particular, to praise him for standing up to the ninnies at the NCAA after they physically subdued Bissinger at the College World Series for -- wait for it -- trying to pass through the turnstiles while carrying a "professional grade" digital camera.

Apparently, Bissinger had been carrying said camera into Omaha's Rosenblatt Stadium all week long without incident, until he was prevented from entering the stadium with the camera in tow, presumably to prevent him from taking shots of the action and selling them.
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UFC Live Chat 1 p.m. Eastern Monday

Michael David SmithPosted Jul 7th 2008 12:57PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Featured Stories, UFC, Live Chat


Join us at 1 p.m. Eastern Monday for a live chat in which we recap UFC 86, look ahead at what could be next for new light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin, and talk about anything else you want to discuss in the world of mixed martial arts.
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Next for Forrest Griffin: Rampage Rematch? Chuck Liddell? Lyoto Machida?

Michael David SmithPosted Jul 6th 2008 8:40AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Featured Stories, UFC

Now that Forrest Griffin is the UFC light heavyweight champion, who does he fight next? A few possibilities:

Rematch with Quinton "Rampage" Jackson: After last night's fight, with its somewhat controversial decision, this is a distinct possibility. The person who will make the decision, UFC President Dana White, said after the fight, "Rampage wants a rematch. Forrest said he'd give him a rematch. A rematch would probably be good for everyone involved. But there's a lot of different things involved."

And yet I don't see it happening. The UFC's light heavyweight division is so stacked that I just don't think White wants to let an entire year go by with only Jackson and Griffin fighting for the title. I think someone else is going to get the first crack at Griffin's belt. And that someone else will most likely be ...
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UFC 86: What You Need to Know to Fight Rampage Jackson

Rami GenauerPosted Jul 4th 2008 7:00AM by Rami Genauer (author feed)
Filed under: Featured Stories, The Word, MMA, UFC


The following guest post was written by Rami Genauer, contributor at FightMetric.

Let's say you wake up one day and find yourself standing across the Octagon from Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. And it's not the jovial, wise-cracking Rampage either; it's the sneering, howling, intense Rampage who is ready to slam you into next Tuesday. Assuming that running away is not an option, what do you do?

To figure out what you'd be facing, FightMetric tracked all 20 of Rampage's fights in Pride and the UFC (and that one WFA show no one likes to talk about). Making some observations based on the statistical record, below are some things you might want to keep in mind. Forrest Griffin ought to study up before Saturday night's UFC light heavyweight title fight.

Be careful relying on the clinch

Many people have watched Rampage fall prey to the Muay Thai clinch of Wanderlei Silva and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and figured that the clinch is where Rampage's game is weakest. That would be a big mistake.

Statistically, the clinch is actually the strongest part of Rampage's game.
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Fantasy Football Chat: 1 P.M. Thursday

Matt SnyderPosted Jul 3rd 2008 12:36PM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: Featured Stories, Fantasy Football, Chat



Seriously, no one works the day before our Independence Day. Just look at Devin's dance. That's his "Fourth of July dance."

Even your bosses know you don't work today. They accept it because it's a fact of life.

Why not come discuss some fantasy issues like -- but not limited to -- rookies that will/will not justify their hype, our previews, this year's Big Ben, this year's Braylon Edwards, or who is completely overhyped?

All this and more, at 1:00 on the day before a holiday ... at work ... you know you want to ...
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