Hotdog & Friends

Proving once again he is the greatest player in basketball history, Will Conroy is tearing up the summer leagues for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Will Conroy is a God.

Of course, no one under the age of 50 will miss Billy Packer. In addition to being a horrible human being, he hasn’t had anything interesting to say during a basketball game since the 80s. To top it off, you can tell he hates announcing games - college basketball brings no tingles to his wrinkled testicle-holder anymore.

As I listen to the piss-poor Home Run Derby telecast, I wonder which annoying, curmudgeonly, outdated TV broadcasters will be the next to lose their jobs. Hopefully some of these hacks will be next:

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Fig Jam

The British Open tees off this week at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club.  It will be the Eighth time that the course has hosted the Open Championship.  It will be the first time, in a long time, that a major championship in golf is as wide open as this British Open will be, due to the injury suffered by Tiger Woods.  It is odd because statistically, the chances that Woods would not have won this British Open are pretty good.  He has averaged only* a little over 1 major win every year since coming on tour.  However, with his performance at the US Open and the fact that he’s Tiger Woods, he would have been the overwhelming favorite at the British and would have cast a shadow over everyone else in the field.

Thus, in his absence, the shadow has been lifted.  The burden placed on heavyweights like Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Justin Rose, and Ernie Els to step up and beat Woods will be gone.  They can just play golf.  They aren’t playing a ghost this week.  For that reason, I believe that this year’s British Open will be one of the most entertaining majors that we have seen in years.   Also, in a weird way, it will be enjoyable to watch a major sans Woods.  Someone else will bask in the spotlight this week.  Even when he’s not in the lead Tiger’s every shot is featured on TV.  All that coverage will go to somebody else this week, probably a bunch of different guys. 

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