Since it was very hot today, I decided to stay cool and catch up on some sports on TV. Started with the Community Shield match this morning. Alternated between the Indians-White Sox game and the IRL race from Mid-Ohio and then went over to my Dad's to catch the end of the golf from Firestone. You know, he always has iced tea on hand.

Anyhow, Tiger Woods is stumbling around after he was on fire earlier in the round and Paddy Harrington looked like he was gonna make a match of it. Then came the 16th hole. First two shots were hacked up the fairway by both players until Woods hit the shot of the week popping one in there real close. Meanwhile, Harrington goes over the green, chips one into the water, goes back to the fairway, takes a drop and throws another one over the green and eventually gets an 8, the old snowman.

Then we find out later Woods and Harrington were put on the clock on the 16th tee for slow play. Harrington reacted as if he was gonna be fined, penalized or maybe even deported by taking no time to study any of his shots, which were all tough. This with the tournament on the line! Unbelievable. Total overreaction.

Oh yeah, he ended up losing to Tiger.

Meal of Links

This past week, Huffington Post excerpted a chapter from the latest John Waters book. It was about his friendship with Leslie Van Houten. It's a lengthy read, but I found it fascinating.

Bill Simmons visited the National Sports Collector Convention that was at the IX Center a couple of weeks back. Be sure to look through the photo gallery. "There are sausage fests, there are mega-sausage fests and then there's the National Sports Collectors Convention. You have a better chance of meeting your future wife in an all-male penitentiary during a Gay Pride parade."

An American Hero has died. That's right, the former Master Distiller from Jack Daniel's has died.

Exercise Yard

Chelsea and Manchester United battled in the Community Shield match today, and I gotta say, it was the best one in a long time. Man U dominated the first half, Chelsea the second and appeared to be on its way to a win, but Wayne Rooney came through with a late goal to send the match to penalties.

Chelsea were very cool and knocked in 4 penalties. Ryan Giggs took a terrible one for Man U, and Patrice Evra took quite possibly the worst penalty ever attempted. Think someone rolling a soccer ball directly to you. Slowly. What a gag job.

Chelsea wins on penalties, 4-1, after a 2-2 regulation.

The Penalties



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