The Snickers “you aren’t yourself when you’re hungry” campaign is very clever
William Devane makes every show he’s in better
I wish Justified and Longmire were still on real tv
It’s a little scary to think how many points the packers might score against the Niners
I would be way okay if there weren’t any more professional golf tournaments until January
I wonder how Colt Knost, Steve Elkington and Ghost of Hogan are doing
Does ESPN really need to insert the K-Zone during an intentional walk?
Should have ended that first one after “K-Zone”
Who spits into their microphone more Colin Cowherd or Chris Matthews?
Would you rather have Thor’s hammer or Captain America’s shield?
I want to read and see The Martian
I stop what I’m doing and watch For Love of the Game every time I come across it on tv
You really have to watch Monday Night Football on mute
My television must be broken, it’s been on espn for 40 minutes and I haven’t seen a Draft Kings commercial
I still take Kaepernick over Alex Smith
There isn’t a bad time to take the dog for a walk
It’s going to be a long year for those of us who are 49er fans
It’ll be interesting to see the PGA TOUR Championship ratings. My guess is the Spieth/Stenson showdown did not move the needle
Will the Cubs win another game this year?
This crop of back up qb’s in the NFL is especially weak
Utah has a better system than Oregon
Players on teams losing by 33 should not celebrate after ANY play
The only thing worse than the backup qb’s in the NFL are the first string referees
There is WAY too much foul territory where the Oakland A’s play
Unless you’re a Seahawks fan there isn’t one single player or coach who is like able
Thank you Vikings for stinking worse than the 49ers in week one
How long after something happens does it stop being ” breaking news”?
I think Joe Maddon is baseball’s most overrated manager
I hope Barry Zito pitches well today… And loses
Really ESPN? Danny Kanell? Everywhere?
So all of the sudden Kam Chancellor is a “team first” guy?
Good thing $10 Million doesn’t mean anything to Rory. He’s got no chance to win it.
Blacklist is back! Blacklist is back!
The ad exec who thought a commercial spokesperson whispering the entire time was a good idea, was wrong
Why do the 30 best players on the PGA TOUR get to play lift, clean and place?
How are Fiat 500 sales doing these days?
How cool is it that NL West teams have Jon Miller, Dick Enberg and the great Vin Scully in broadcast booths
Even though he got the win Thursday it appears Clayton Kershaw is rounding in to post season form
The New York football Giants offense is pathetic
Like in tennis, the referee in the NFL should have the power to overturn an obviously wrong call
Roberto Kelly is NO Tim Flanagan
Starting right now there should be a moratorium on using the words “good talk” in any tv commercials
Who else wants a Mets/Astros World Series?
Does George Takei take the “What Star Trek Character Are You?” tests on Facebook?
The SF Giants bullpen owes Madison Bumgarner big time
There is too much Cris Carter on the radio
Who designed Colin Cowherd’s set? Is he hosting a radio show or playing the pipe organ?
I wish there was still a Web.com Tour Championship and a q-school to watch
I’ll say it again it’s time for Flo to go
I’m looking forward to another season of Fargo
It’s more than a little sad that 10 million dollars doesn’t mean anything to Rory McIlroy
I’m happy Don Henley is releasing a new record
A GOOD golf play by play announcer never tries to sound smarter about the game than the analyst
I am secretly (ok it’s not a secret anymore) rooting for Henrik Stenson to do JUST ENOUGH to win the FedEx Cup
Every Golf Channel broadcast is better when it includes Curt Byrum and Jerry Foltz
I’m still holding out hope the upcoming Giants/Dodgers series has more meaning than just when the LA team clinched the pennant
The 2015 Solheim Cup was, at times, exciting, excruciating, interesting and full of drama. In the end the U S team managed to leave Germany victorious but let’s not forget that the event was a Caroline Masson par putt away from a third straight European win over the best American women golfers in the business. The slimmest of margins, a half a point, separated renewed interest from an unstoppable slide into oblivion for the event. Another European win would have made the international competition a near impossible “sell” two years from now but thanks to Masson’s miss and Gerina Piller’s make American golf fans will, no doubt, again take notice of this great golf weekend when the two teams tee it up in Des Moines, Iowa.
But all of that doesn’t negate the fact that not only this, but all international golf competitions need a cleanse, a closer look, and a fresh approach. To paraphrase William Shakespeare and Marc Antony “I come not to bury The Solheim Cup, but to praise it.” It’s a fabulous event, the best and only meaningful multi-continent competition in the women’s game (including the upcoming Olympics) but it needs an overhaul, a redux that would allow it to showcase all of the game’s best. It also needs to be changed because, quite frankly, the American team needs help. Under the current format only a third (8 of 24) of the world’s best by ranking are eligible to participate. Changing the structure of the teams would allow all of the great players across the globe to have a chance to showcase their skills on this preeminent stage.
It is a shame, worse a sports sin that Karrie Webb, one of the greatest players of her or for that matter any generation, will never know what it feels like to play for her country and her teammates in a really meaningful event. If the qualifying criteria remain the same that shame will extend to the person many are calling the next great player in golf, Lydia Ko. Is there any one of us that doesn’t want to see Inbee Park, 2015 United States Women’s Open Champion In Gee Chun or Canadian star Brooke Henderson have a chance to play? Why does one side get to draw from an entire continent while the other has to settle for the best from a single country? This is not 1980, let’s open this thing up to make it more fun, more interesting and ultimately more competitive.
Here’s my proposal; Europe adds Korea, Japan, South Africa and China to the team while the good ol’ USA gets Canada, Mexico, South America, Australia and New Zealand. It’s easy to imagine this event with a Brooke Henderson against Shan Shan Feng start to Sunday singles and a Lydia Ko versus Inbee Park anchor match for all the marbles. In between we would not only be treated to Lewis against Pettersen and Wie versus Norquist but we’d also get to watch Karrie and Na Yeon, Minjee and Amy, Lexi and Ai as well. Win/Win.
The next step is to do the same thing with the men and The Ryder Cup. How great would it be to add Matsuyama, Els, Scott, Oosthuizen, Ishikawa and Jason Day to an already potent mix? Both The Ryder Cup and The Solheim Cup would truly be international events involving all of the world’s best players. You play one (The Solheim Cup) in the odd years and the other (The Ryder Cup) in the even ones. That would mean every year golf fans would get ONE fall spectacle, ONE big event to wrap our eyes and our arms around. Of course I know this means doing away with The International Crown (does anybody even know this event exists now?) and The President’s Cup (does anybody really care that this event exists now?) and what would be wrong with that? Those exhibitions are only on the calendar now because of money and the fact that many of the great players in the world don’t get a chance to participate in the more meaningful ones. With my proposal they do and more importantly golf and golf fans get a much needed break from watching teams made up entirely of players from one country struggle to maintain a level of interest to make the “afterthought” international competitions compelling.
So, again, with apologies to the Bard, let’s bury The President’s Cup and The International Crown and heap lavish amounts of praise on The Solheim Cup and The Ryder Cup. Let all of the best players participate and give us all a reason to watch and really care, ONCE a year.
Who said we needed the Coneheads back?
Nobody on tv talks more and says less than John Gruden
If I ever put my wonderful dog in a costume and post it on the internet feel free to come take her away from me
Pat Green’s song While I Was Away is a great song. Download it
The Voice is a very well edited TV show.
As a Bay Area sports fan I don’t miss either Frank Gore or Pablo Sandoval
I’d rather have the diversity of what the Republican field is offering than the Democrat field of Presidential candidates
Right now I’d take Johnny Manziel over Andrew Luck as my QB
The PGA TOUR really should end on labor day
Teachers should make more than lawyers
Sure seems like ESPN is ALL IN on promoting gambling these days
It’s time to admit USA’s professional golfers need help in team competitions
Methinks if the coverage was good Golf Channel wouldn’t be mentioning their “friends” at European Tour Productions
Is there a pain worse than back pain?
I’m looking forward to the Dodgers losing in the post season again
Overrated manager Joe Maddon seems not to know his pitchers have hit more batters than 25 MLB teams
I can’t imagine Lexi Thompson NOT having back problems in 5-10 years
Doesn’t Matt Williams have to lose his job after this year?
Titleist makes great golf equipment
As the PGA TOUR “playoffs” wind down shouldn’t the golf courses get harder?
The Solheim Cup broadcast would be so much more interesting if the only announcers we heard were the ones on the golf course
Why isn’t Madison Bumgarner getting more love in the Cy Young discussion?
I’m a Jason Day fan but even if he wins the next two events Jordan Spieth is the Player of the Year. To suggest otherwise is lunacy
No one is looking forward less than me to stroke play golf in the Olympics
The presidential campaign should NOT start until January 1 of the election year
People who talk too much on TV sports broadcasts always say too little
I know Peyton Manning is not as good as he once was but that TD drive with 2:00 left last night was pretty darn good
Why do ad agencies and companies take a good thing and ruin it with excess
I hope cbs golf thinks creatively when they replace David Feherty
I’m really happy James Hahn and Jason Gore had good PGA TOUR years
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