championship Page 66 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Verne and Gary's Not-So-Excellent Adventure
If you're like me, you may have found the announcing during yesterday's SEC Championship Game to be....underwhelming. Here's a compilation of Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson's greatest moments of confusion, obfuscation and outright lies....

Urban Meyer Has A Bit Of A Problem On His Hands
Florida Gator lineman Carlos Dunlap, the defensive MVP of last year's national championship game, was arrested this morning after being found asleep in his car....at a green light. Shockingly, he did "poorly" on his sobriety test and went to jail....

Tiger Woods: Golf's Newest Choke Artist
Someone actually had the nerve to ask Tiger Woods—on Saturday—if he'd ever come close to choking in a major. 14 for 14 when leading the final round. So congratulations, anonymous jinxer. You won the weekend....

Tiger Yang. Y.E. Woods. PGA Championship Open Thread
Tiger's on the verge of bed-shitting but there's still time for him to make adjustments and continue to humble and humiliate all comers. [PGA] (Photo: WUP)...

No Sense Waiting Til Tomorrow To Start Engraving The Wanamaker Trophy
Consider this your official PGA Championship open thread. Is it too early to declare this Tiger's two-day victory lap? After Federer's and Nadal's early exits yesterday, we need confirmation that gods still walk among us. [PGA]...

And Now A Musical Interlude From John Daly
The big guy dropped out of the PGA Championship after one round (citing a bad back) and then dropped this smash hit single (citing the chords from "Every Rose Has Its Thorn.") Spoiler!: It's about being sad. [Devil Ball Golf]...

Rich People Golf While You're At Work
The PGA Championship is under way. Follow along with the online leaderboard and it's almost like being outside! (Your cubicle has never felt so small and dark.) [PGA.com/ShaneBacon]...

Sweat Your Balls Off For Fun And Profit
It's the World Sauna Championship, where 3 minutes 46 seconds was enough to take the gold. Also, enough pictures of Moobs to last you a year. [Daily Mail]...

Giant Inflatable Penis Owner Explains Herself, Giant Inflatable Penis
Many will remember this year's American Century Championship for Tony Romo's valiant efforts and Rick Rhoden's continued dominance of the tournament, but the big, bright shining star of Saturday's action was a six-foot dong peeking over Michael Jordan's shoulder....

Fred McGriff's and Bill James's Love Child Will Change The Game
Today, possibly even as you read this, a shadowy cabal of MLB executives, scientists and SABR nerds is meeting to decide the future of baseball. Who will survive the coming new world order? Here's a hint: Not Adam Dunn....

The Donald Trumps The LPGA Championship
"Ever since opening his Trump National-Bedminster golf club four years ago, Donald Trump has been angling for a major championship or tour event.... Trump received his first major championship offer: the LPGA Championship. He turned it down." [Star-Ledger]...

For Those Curious About The High School Quiz Bowl Championships
If you're not watching on whatever television station sacrificed its ratings to broadcast it, you're in luck: There's a live blog. Let's hope these youngsters never go on a game show like one famous former high school quiz bowler. [HSNCT Playoffs]...

That's One Way To Describe UNC's Dominance
"The Carolina lead mushroomed to 10 after 4:04. To 15 after 7:03. To 20 after 9:38. It was a seal clubbing..." [ESPN]...

North Carolina-Michigan State Live Blog
This one's for all the General Motors, laddies. Will it be the Tar Heels? Or the Tar Heels? Then again, the Tar Heels could pull it out. Time will tell....

Couches Will Burn Brightly In East Lansing If MSU Wins Tonight
It's interesting that the East Lansing police are characterizing 60 arrests and "three fires, believed to be ignited on couches," as a peaceful demonstration. What does it take to get classified as a riot?...

Findlay, Ohio Now The Nexus Of The Basketball Universe
Tyler Evans hits a 3-pointer at the buzzer, while falling down, to give Findlay a 56-53 win over Cal Poly Pomona for the Division II men's championship. Go Oilers!...

Who Knew Wrestling Could Be So Violent?
Iowa won the Division I wrestling championship yesterday, but not without a little drama, a little disappointment, and a little controversy. Oh, and a porn star....

In Which We Find Out Who Will Be Miss U.S. Pole Dance, 2009
"Pole dancing without the removal of clothes is like Ivy League basketball — all fundamentals, no dunks. Not that I wanted them to take off their clothes. Some were older than my mom."...

Tar Holes. Semi Heels. Talk.
Here is your North Carolina/Florida State open thread. ACC semi-final showdown. [Yahoo!]...

The NCAA Tournament Is Already Underway
One of the great things about college basketball is that no matter how bad your season was, every single team gets another chance to redeem themselves with one glorious run in the last week....