The NASCAR blues

I am a sports fanatic.  I have always loved watching and playing the traditional sports (basketball, baseball, football...) but it is the untraditional sports that chip away at me until I find myself an avid enthusiast.  Sometimes, it is kind of like a junior high relationship.  Take for example golf.  At first, I was uninterested and didn't pay a whole [read more...]

NSR REVIEWS: 112 Miles to the Pin

Courtesy of Letters On Pages  As you can probably judge by the title, this is a book about golf. But not just any golf. No, this is about playing golf in the weirdest, strangest, most extreme places in the world. I don't know that you have to be a big golf fan to enjoy the book…but I imagine if you aren't [read more...]

Latest Win for Tiger a Super Knee-jerker

Once again, it is quite obvious that sportswriters and golf fans across the world haven't seen enough superhero movies or underdog epics. How do I know this? Well, because everyone was so quick to begin oooooing and ahhhhhhing over Tiger Woods winning the U.S. Open while hobbling around on a bum knee. I guess I should be in awe like [read more...]

Blow Up Your TV Sports Fans!

Last year, I sold my TV one day -- just out of the blue -- right before a huge yard sale I put together. It lasted eight months before I decided to dumb myself down and get another talking box. So, I wanted to remind myself why I threw that thing out. In case you forgot, I'm a cranky, [read more...]

Teed Off

There's not much that's funny about being a spectator at a professional golf tournament in Southern California. I went to the third round of the Buick Invitational in Torrey Pines, notebook and pen in hand, ready to make copious notes, and after a full day of spectating, could only come up with one funny line: Some men should not wear [read more...]

“Looks Like He’s Got About An 8-Iron”

A popular Nike commercial a few years back taught us that "Chicks dig the long ball." While that credo originally belonged to baseball, golf seems to be following suit. Players are hitting the ball farther than ever thanks to new technology and an increased focus on physical fitness, and to combat this, many courses are becoming longer by design. A 600-yard [read more...]