A Brave Man
Ben Curtis just teed off in the final round of the PGA Championship wearing Detroit Lions clothing.
I know he's leading the tournament, but that just seems silly.
Monday Wrap: Goldfinger
You probably had no idea that Auric Goldfinger won the first Buick Open, did you?
Actually, that's Hall of Famer Billy Casper, who was in town Monday to help kick off the Buick Open's 50th anniversary celebration. The guy on the right is the legendary Brian Bateman, who won last year's tournament - a bit of a letdown after the tournament had gone Jim Furyk, Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods in the previous five years. When was the last time the PGA had five winners that good in a row?
Tiger is going to be back this year - he missed last year after the birth of his daughter - so there should be massive crowds in Grand Blanc next month. He's also holding a clinic at Comerica Park, which might allow us to answer the question "Could a pro golfer hit a ball over the massive scoreboard in left field?"
Postseason Lull
The Red Wings are about to start Game 6 against Dallas - they need to end this nonsense and blow the Stars out. Letting them win Game 4 was nice, but losing Game 5 was a bit silly. They don't want them to get to Game 7 on a three-game winning streak - it would be rather humiliating to be the first franchise to blow two 3-0 leads.
Meanwhile, the Pistons will end their week-long holiday when they play Boston in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday. A month ago, I would have predicted the Celtics would rout Detroit, but now I think the Pistons will win the series in six games. Maybe all those first-round losses for Minnesota had more to do with Kevin Garnett than with Flip Saunders.
Tigers in Freefall
(That headline makes me want to see a tiger wearing a parachute.)
Three weeks ago, I said I thought the Tigers were in "decent shape". Since then, they've gone 5-12, which doesn't exactly make me look like a genius.
Thus far in May, they've gone 2-1 against the Yankees and 2-11 against the rest of baseball. The worst part is that they've been this bad while getting good pitching - the offense has gone back into the tank. You know things are rough when Matt Joyce has almost as many homers in the month as the rest of the team combined.
Oh, and if Brandon Inge wants to be an everyday player, he might want to score more runs for the month than Armando Galarraga. Right now, it's 1-0 in favor of Galarraga.
Shock Lose - Laimbeer Fails Again To Go 34-0
The Shock are 1-1 - they blew out Houston on Saturday and lost to Minnesota on Sunday. They aren't as good as they looked against the Comets, and they aren't as bad as they looked against the Lynx. They are a high-end team that has had about a week of practice and whose top two players - Cheryl Ford and Deanna Nolan - are playing hurt. Given the Olympic break, nothing is going to matter in this league until September anyway.