It’s not often a sporting event comes along that is truly amazing in every sense of the word — an instant classic as we in the media like to define them. Even less so is it in golf. But for five days, the 108th U.S. Open at Torrey Pines was just that — an instant [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 13, 2008
Epic collapse from Lakers in Game 4
Not a huge NBA fan as I am, the finals are a periodic viewing stop for me, in-n’-out like the popular California burger restaurant. I’ll stop and peak at the game for perhaps five, maybe 10 minutes to see what is going on and then my trigger finger glued to my Comcast remote gets a [...]
June 9, 2008
Ken Griffey Jr. reaches 600 career HRs
Amidst very little hubbub and to-do, Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 600th career homerun for the Cincinnati Reds tonight on a 3-1 pitch in the 1st inning off of left-hander Mark Hendrickson. The stroke that hit it was a reminder of what made him so fun to watch when he was at 100 homers. The [...]
June 4, 2008
It’s a beautiful day
As we all awoke this morning it was to a defining moment in history as for the first time ever, an African American became a major party’s nominee for President of a country considered among the World’s superpowers. Barack Obama has made history and I for one am extremely proud to be an American and [...]
June 2, 2008
MMA is here to stay
On Saturday night, EliteXC and CBS brought us MMA into our living rooms and controversial stoppages aside, it showed us how great a sport MMA really is. The fight between Scott Smith and “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler was electric. The back and forth action of punches, leg kicks, knees, elbows and wrestling was far more exciting [...]
