Play The Ball As It Lies November 18, 2009
Posted by Joey in Sports.Tags: Golf, John Daly, PGA Tour
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David Feherty: Hunting Pigs With .50 Cal Sniper Rifle November 11, 2009
Posted by Joey in Culture, Guns, Sports.Tags: David Feherty, Pig Hunting, Twitter
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Best tweet of the week:
The Great White Shark and Chrissie: That Didn’t Last Long October 2, 2009
Posted by Joey in Sports.Tags: Chris Evert, Golf, Greg Norman, Tennis
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And just before the President’s Cup, too…
Greg Norman, Chris Evert say they have separated | Tours & News | Golf.com.
Just 15 months after they were married, golf star Greg Norman and tennis great Chris Evert announced they have separated.
The announcement Friday comes three days before Norman is to captain the International team at the Presidents Cup in San Francisco, where wives of the captains take on a visible role.
Norman and Evert, each in the Hall of Fame in their respective sports, did not say whether they planned to divorce.
In a statement, the couple said only, “We will remain friends and supportive of one another’s family.” The statement said they requested privacy for them and their families.
She’s Got A Really Nice Swing October 2, 2009
Posted by Joey in Sports.Tags: Golf
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Thanks, Stephanie!
$1 Billion For Hitting A Little White Ball September 30, 2009
Posted by Joey in Sports.Tags: Golf, Tiger Woods
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Tiger Woods is the first golfer (indeed, first athlete) to hit the $1 billion mark.
Tiger Woods has been making history on and off the course since he joined the PGA Tour in 1996. First up was a record $40 million contract from Nike. The following year he won the Masters by a record 12 strokes, becoming the youngest winner ever and first black player to take the title. His career has been packed full of accomplishments, including major titles (14), annual money titles (9) and Player of the Year awards (9).
Now Woods can add one more accolade to his trophy case: the first athlete to earn $1 billion. Our calculations show that the $10 million bonus Woods earned winning this year’s FedEx Cup title nudged him over the $1 billion mark in career earnings.
News Flash: Concussions Aren’t Good For NFL Players September 29, 2009
Posted by Joey in Medicine, Sports.Tags: Concussions, NFL
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Yes, it’s true. A new study provides data that football players smashing their heads into other players isn’t really good for them.
Duh.
Study Indicates Higher Rate of Dementia in Former N.F.L. Players – NYTimes.com.
A study commissioned by the National Football League reports that Alzheimer’s disease or similar memory-related diseases appear to have been diagnosed in the league’s former players vastly more often than in the national population — including a rate of 19 times the normal rate for men ages 30 through 49.
The N.F.L. has long denied the existence of reliable data about cognitive decline among its players. These numbers would become the league’s first public affirmation of any connection.
The findings could ring loud at all levels of football, including youth and college programs, which often take cues from the N.F.L. on safety policies and whose players emulate their professional heroes. Hundreds of on-field concussions are sustained at every level each week, with many going undiagnosed and untreated; few concussions are as well known as that of Tim Tebow, the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from Florida, who was hospitalized after a blow to the head in a game last Saturday.
Laura Dekker Pwned By Social Workers August 28, 2009
Posted by Joey in Politics, Sports.Tags: Laura Dekker, Sailing, Sailing Alone
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No solo trip around the world for 13-year-old Laura Dekker.
Court Rules No Solo Sailing for Dutch Sailor Girl
A court in the Netherlands has ruled that 13-year-old Laura Dekker cannot sail around the world by herself next month as she’d hoped and has put her in the temporary care of Dutch authorities while it makes a final decision.
For the moment, Laura Dekker’s dream of becoming the youngest person to sail solo around the globe has been put on hold. She was not in court, but her father was present for the judges’ decision.
Citing potential harm to her development, judges ruled that Laura could still live at home but only under court supervision while an independent child psychologist assesses whether she’s able to make the two-year journey.
Laura, who has the support of her parents, had hoped to set sail next month but she now has to wait until at least the end of October when judges will make their final decision based on the child expert’s report. The court stopped short of taking custody away from Laura’s father as child protection workers had wanted.
