Archive for February, 2010

 
Friday, February 26th, 2010

RealClearSports: The Loudest, Craziest Hole in Golf

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — There’s a Red Cross balloon attached to the grandstand. And this is a golf tournament, in a matter of speaking. Or a matter of drinking. Welcome to the 16th hole at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, the place where no insult goes unshouted.

It’s the bleachers at Fenway with an undulating green, a rock concert mosh pit with bunkers. It’s the place where a bad shot is booed. Just like Barry Bonds. Or the Celtics at Staples Center. 

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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

SF Examiner: Tiger begins to rebuild with apology

By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner

SAN FRANCISCO — His enrollment in college the fall of 1994 made him part of a group of freshman the New York Times found impressive enough to headline, “Stanford Unveils A Five-Star Lineup.”

They were a gymnast, Dominque Dawes; basketball-volleyball star Kristen Folkl; two tennis champions, Paul Goldstein and Scott Humphries; and a golfer, Tiger Woods.

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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

RealClearSports: The Joy Is Back in Mudville

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — It is time for the annual rites of baseball. Spring training has no wrongs. The joy is back in Mudville. And in Scottsdale.

Winter recedes. The season approaches. Young men think about tomorrow. Older men reminisce about yesterday.

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Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Global Golf Post: And The Winner Is…

By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com

MARANA, ARIZ. — In the end, the winner of the Accenture Match Play Championship was Accenture. Ian Poulter was the one holding the trophy. Tiger Woods might have been the one holding golf hostage. But Accenture finished first.

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Friday, February 19th, 2010

RealClearSports: Els Was on Target With Tiger

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

MARANA, Ariz. — Ernie Els nailed this one. He was on target. Tiger Woods only would be on cue. Only acting out a carefully staged production.

Only telling us how he made mistakes. And telling us during the golf tournament in which Els was playing before he got eliminated.

Which is why Els nailed this one. And nailed Tiger, figuratively that is. Said on the record what many of Els fellow golf pros were saying in private.

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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

RealClearSports: Despite Controversy, Olympics a Success for NBC

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

That was an interesting report from the Wall Street Journal, the piece which said the luge track for the Olympics, the one where a young man crashed to his death, the one designed to be steeper, faster and narrower than any in the past, would allow racers to reach speeds some officials said were unsafe.

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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

SF Examiner: Warriors on the brink of irrelevance

By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner

SAN FRANCISCO — So what’s worse news, that the Sharks aren’t playing because of the Olympic break, or that the Warriors are?

Maybe Larry Ellison can sail his zillion-dollar boat right up to Chris Cohan’s doorstep, metaphorically if not literally, and get this sale under way. If there is to be a sale.

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Monday, February 15th, 2010

Global Golf Post: Pebble’s Past, Present Point to the Near Future

By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com

PEBBLE BEACH, CALIF. — It was the tournament linking distant past with immediate future, calling back days Bing Crosby crooned and Phil Harris joked, and also reaching toward the summer when the laughter stops and the struggle begins.

It will be different this June at Pebble Beach. Different from the event that started as a lark 70 years ago by Crosby. Diffferent when the U.S. Open settles down along a coastline so famous and familiar.

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Monday, February 15th, 2010

Global Golf Post: Don’t Give Up on Tiger

By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com

Mark O’Meara, despite his longtime friendship with Tiger Woods, said he has no more clue than anyone else when Woods will return to competition. And while distressed at what happened with Woods and his sexual escapades, O’Meara said he wouldn’t give up on him.

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Friday, February 12th, 2010

RealClearSports: Pebble Beach - Sports Merged with Circus

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

PEBBLE BEACH — No, Tiger Woods is not here. Next question.

How about something dealing with Tom Brady’s wedge game? Or Tony Romo’s tee shots? Or Bill Murray’s putting?

This is the other side of golf, not exactly the Twilight Zone but then again not too far away.

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