Is there anything better than sitting down with the Sunday paper sports page and a cup of coffee? Yeah...as long as it's in the midst of football and/or basketball season--the sports page fare in the summer, at least here in Kansas City, leaves a bit to be desired.
- NASCAR's super-speedway races have become very predictable. Drivers pair up with a teammate or other driver, push or drag one another along, try to avoid wrecks, and wait until the last 30 laps or so to make a move. Invariably, the final five laps become 12-14 cars vying for position with the inevitable "big one" wreck. Those who stay out of harms way then get to try to safely maneuver through a green-and-white checkered finish like David Ragan did last night in winning the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona.
- Nebraska's official entrance into the Big Ten wasn't quite as dramatic as their departure from the Big 12 a year ago but there still were parting shots lobbed by NU officials. Nebraska Athletics Director Tom Osborne said, "The emphasis is on the Big Ten doing well, as opposed to individual schools doing well." For a guy long held up as a standard for humility and class, Osborne has done his fair share of acting defiant with this decision to change conferences.
- This flew under the radar a bit last week--Bill Hancock, executive director of the BCS, met with antritrust officials from the Department of Justice. Hancock's meeting was to address questions, raised by this group, about major college football's postseason bowl system.
- What has happened to U.S. singles tennis? The Williams sisters are on the backside of their careers and no men have risen to take the place of Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi.
- Who should be the Kansas City Royals required member of the American League All-Star team? How about Alex Gordon? Gordon is batting .301 with a .368 on-base percentage and 46 RBIs, and has thrived in the lead-off spot. He started the season red-hot at the plate, slumped, and then regained his confidence from the number one spot in the order, hitting .284 since the switch in mid-May. Gordon's play in the field has been consistently good throughout the first half of the season.
- Interested in a career in golf? According to Sports Illustrated, golf accounts for about two million jobs and $60 billion in salaries. PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem has the job you probably want--he makes $5.2 million per year. If your desire is to be the next Carl Spackler, you'll likely make about $10 per hour.
- Speculation out of Lawrence, KS is that Brock Berglund, the quarterback who changed his commitment from Colorado to Kansas, won't suit up for the Jayhawks. Berglund has apparently been missing "voluntary" summer workouts at KU. (Source: kusports.com)
No comments:
Post a Comment