Just a little crowing here...TIGER looked nearly like the Tiger of old last weekend in staring down Phil. Solid shots, he looked "in the Tiger zone". And that birdie in 17 was center cut! Once again, as much as I hate to say it, Phil blinked in the face of pressure and adversity - by missing a 4 footer (but making the 3 foot combacker) in the heat of battle, he once again looked like the Phil of old, making that one bad shot that took him out of the lead/contention. And he actually declined an interview on the way to the scorer's tent, which is very unlike Phil, but he was pretty miffed. It'll be interesting to see how he reacts after this - now that Tiger is on his way back (predicted HERE by Thew), will Phil return to HIS old form as well? Or will he continue to be the golfer he's been of late. Can he weather the competition now that Eldrick seems to have returned (mostly, it's a long road remember) to his old form? When Tiger was down, Phil was up...when Tiger is back up, whither Phil?
The UCONN women made a strong statement yesterday against Rutgers in the Big East championship game. Solid offense, solid defense, a lunatic named Auriemma stalking the sidelines, they might be poised to make a run deep into March. Perhaps they are getting their mojo back, unlike the UCONN men, who are arguably the hottest team in college hoops and have had their train on the tracks for several weeks now. Credit Marcus Williams for his floor leadership at the point, perhaps Charlie Villenueva for actually realizing that he can be a force at both ends of the court. Now that Rashad Anderson is cleared to play again, can they get even better? I predict at least a Sweet 16 for the Huskies, something I would NOT have predicted 4 weeks ago. And I'm a UCONN graduate. Regardless of how the UCONN men do this year, next year they are going to be SCARY good. Boone, Williams, Gay - big man, point guard, scorer...
In yet another incident of Congress solving the issue of the moment, they are issuing subpoenas to Canseco, McGwire, Giambi, and others to come testify about steroids in baseball. How else to gain good faction with the American public than to fix the national pasttime. Who gives a crap about our deficit, high taxes, government corruption - "if we fix baseball, they'll forget about the rest of it". They should stick to making our country safer and more fiscally responsible and let baseball take care of baseball. Don't they have anything better to do with their time?!
Cinderella congratulations: OAKLAND, who got a 3 pointer with less than 2 seconds on the clock to upset Oral Roberts.
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