Silliman’s Masters College Tie-in Fantasy League

Will Clemson whip the Cardinals? Can the Yellow Jackets beat the Cowboys…at the Masters? Here we go, boys and girls, a chance to place friendly wagers on golfers from your favorite schools as they square off in Augusta. Anxious to get started? Round up a gang of golfing Nassau buddies, start a this-weekend-only league, pick a number out of the hat for draft order, then choose a college with golfers... 

Masters to Chris "Boomer" Berman: Stay Away, Stay Far Away

ESPN will not be involved in televising the Masters Golf Tourney and especially not to be there is Chris Berman, ESPN’s most prominent announcer. Repeating: The top announcer for ESPN, their highest paid personality, the guy who is the on-course host of ESPN’s U.S. Open coverage, the guy with the big booming voice, will not make a peep in the Masters. That’s because CBS is handling... 

Davis Love New Ryder Cup Captain, Heckling or Not

Davis Love III is the new captain and coach for the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Good selection. He will make a great coach. Only problem is whether he’ll attract any hecklers. Do you remember when Love was touring from 2003 to 2005? He attracted hecklers. I know you’re thinking people don’t heckle in golf, but they did, and that’s why it was a story. I don’t know why guys came... 

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know about Moe Norman, Golf’s Best Ball Striker

Murray Irwin Norman died in 2004. He was the greatest striker of the golf ball to ever play the game. You never heard of him, right? Neither did I, so we’ll let this settle in. Canadian golfer Moe Norman could hit the ball more accurately and better than Woods or Palmer or Snead, and he knew exactly where it was going every time he hit it. You know how it’s big stop-the-presses news when... 

Star Rugby Player Monaghan Quits Team After Sex With Dog

Star Australian rugby player Joel Monaghan quit the Canberra Raiders when Internet photographs surfaced of him performing a sex act with a dog. Monaghan was attending an end-of-season house party with players and friends, when a photo was snapped of him and his teammate’s Labrador dog. Monaghan, 28, had a $250,000-per-year contract. Whoa, hold it. I’m not sure I can write this story. I... 

John Daly’s Sober, Slimmer and Still Rockin’, But Where’s Hooters

There’s a new John Daly out there. He’s almost 100 pounds lighter and no longer a lousy drunk, yet he’s playing lousy golf. “I played better when I was drunk,” says Daly, in an interview with Ron Green, Jr. of the Charlotte Observer. “I was happy when I was a miserable drunk.” When he hit the bottle hard he won two majors. While teetotaling he hasn’t... 

The Top 100 Movie Quotes As Spoken By Caddyshack

TOP 100 MOVIE QUOTES AS SPOKEN BY CADDYSHACK The American Film Institute released its list of top 100 quotes from U.S. films. Only a few were from sports movies. Grave omission, we think, so we’ve reconstructed 22 of the quotes to fit the famous sports movie, Caddyshack, in bold as spoken by the Caddyshack characters.  In case you haven’t seen Caddyshack, here’s what you need... 

Jeff Sagarin: The Most Powerful Man In Sports

The Most Powerful Man in Sports The most powerful man in sport toils alone in a dark room on a leafy street in Bloomington, Indiana. He’s not a player, owner or a league commissioner. He’s Jeff Sagarin, an M.I.T. grad, math geek, whose rating systems determine where your teams end up in the big dance or which bowl they play in or what seeding they might get in lacrosse, hockey, volleyball... 

Ryder Cup 2010: Weather No Real Surprise

Oh my God, it’s raining at the Ryder…in Wales! Surprised? Not! Have you ever been to Newport, Wales in October? Here’s a hint. It’s nothing like Newport Beach, California. In other words, it’s cold and it rains…sheep. Big soggy, wet, sloppy sheep. The average temperature is 15 degrees C. For Friday, Saturday and Sunday the chances of rain runs about 90 percent. If... 

Ryder Cup Roster in Verse: These Are a Few of My Favorite Swings (Satire)

RYDER CUP ROSTER: THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE SWINGS   Long drives which start left yet fade to the green Three-irons struck well, a sound that goes “ping” Wedges that bite, then reverse with a zing These are a few of my favorite swings   Titleist crushed well, fairway Bermuda Eldrick the Tiger, what be his mood-a Can he get past his flings… and golf like a king These... 

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