GOLF: Does Tiger Care About the FedEx Cup?

Not. One. Bit.

Q. You always want to win. In the context of the FedExCup, did you do what you had to do this week?
TIGER WOODS: No, no (smiling). Sorry, no, I can’t go there with you on that one.

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NEW YORK JETS: Preseason Game #2 Thoughts

It got off to a rocky start, but finished strong (like this blog post.) But Mark Sanchez’s first start as Jets QB, albeit the preseason, did end with a touchdown. But it started with an interception returned for a touchdown and another one Ravens’ LB Ray Lewis should have had. Let’s hope he got the bad bugs outta him. But he did end it with a nice drive that led to the TD pass to Leon Washington. Good luck, Mark.

Leon, looked strong, as did the defense, which does need Darelle Revis back in pass coverage. Dwight Lowery hasn’t improved, and I hope he is not starting or participating in any major situations this year, or opposing offenses will just eat him up. Like they did last year.

Shonn Greene has rib injuries, lets hope he returns soon, and the return of Nick Mangold and Alan Faneca on the offensive line helped finally open up the running lanes for Thomas Jones and Washington.

Let’s hope we see better performances on both sides of the ball Saturday night against the Giants at 8pm ET on WNBC-TV.

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U2: September 25 Giants Stadium Show Rescheduled

Nothing like messing up a perfectly laid plan, but that’s what happened to me today:

The U2 concert previously scheduled for FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th, 2009 at Giants Stadium in New Jersey has been moved to WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2009. The performance on Thursday, September 24th will proceed as scheduled.

The change was necessitated by the rescheduling of the New York Jets football game on Sunday September 27, 2009 from 4:15pm to 1pm out of respect for the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which starts that evening. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish year.

The spectacular staging installation for the U2 360° tour requires up to 2 days to disassemble. The original 4:15 PM game time scheduled by the NY Jets provided enough time for the band to load out the set. The change to 1 PM was logistically impossible for U2. In order to accommodate the New York Jets, the NFL and the state of New Jersey, which owns the stadium, and out of respect for U2 and Jets’ fans of Jewish faith, U2 agreed to move their show rather than pursue other options.

‘We regret any disruptions this may cause U2 fans.’ said Dennis Robinson, President and CEO of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and Thad Sheely, Executive Vice President – Stadium Development and Finance of the New York Jets. ‘Out of respect for the religious holiday it was critical that the game time was changed. The NJSEA, along with the Jets, want to thank U2, their management staff, their fans and Live Nation for their immediate response in helping us remedy this situation.’

Tickets for the Friday, September 25th performance will be honored at the newly announced show date of Wednesday, September 23rd. Refunds, if necessary, will be available starting Friday, August 28th (through September 22nd) at point of purchase for U2 ticket holders of the September 25, 2009 show who cannot make the September 23rd date.

The U2 360° Tour scheduled for Thursday, September 24th is not affected and will proceed as scheduled.

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PGA TOUR DIGEST Vol. 2. No. 34

Here we are, the first PGA Tour FedEx Cup Playoffs event, The Barclays. Let’s try to put this into easy terms: 4 weeks, where the points are quintupled or more from the regular season, and anyone really can win this thing. Top 100 in the standings move onto next week, 70 the next week, and 30 to the Tour Championship. Anyone in the field in the Tour Championship has a shot to win the cup, and the top 5 in the standings control their own destiny — win and they win the whole deal. Got it?

This week we’re at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, which a lot of the players don’t like, some saying it’s the worst course they’ve ever seen, and I’ve been told some caddies think something like -6 or -8 could win. Yikes. Tiger called it “interesting.” When asked if it was good or bad, he just said “interesting.” I don’t see him playing here again.

TV Coverage is tomorrow and Friday, Live, on Golf Channel from 3-6pm ET, Saturday from 1-2:30pm ET and Sunday from Noon-1:30pm ET also on Golf Channel, Saturday 3-6pm ET on CBS and Sunday 2-6pm ET on CBS. Enjoy.

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PGA TOUR FANTASY: The Barclays

Here we go for the first playoff event:

A: Tiger Woods (Backup: Phil Mickelson)
B: Steve Stricker (Backup: Zach Johnson)
B: Hunter Mahan (Backup: Lucas Glover)
C: Y.E. Yang (Backup: Charles Howell III)

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NEW YORK JETS: Sanchez is the QB

From the New York Daily News’ Rich Cimini:

This is hardly a shocker, but the Jets have decided to name rookie Mark Sanchez as their opening-day quarterback, the Daily News confirmed this morning.

Rex Ryan, in his first big decision as coach, picked Sanchez over career backup Kellen Clemens. The only thing surprising about it was the timing, with Sanchez coming off a mistake-filled performance Monday night in Baltimore.

This is no big surprise. Even though he had a shaky game the other night (more on that eventually, I promise) he had the much better camp than Kellen Clemens and you knew this was bound to happen. Now he can hopefully relax and have a good last preseason game against the Giants this weekend.

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BLOGS: FAILBlog Doesn’t Fail

Take it from the #1 news anchor in America, Brian Williams:

One more thing: While it’s not for everyone, I wanted to recommend a very funny place: FAILblog. The name will quickly become self-explanatory. Remember that I said it’s not for everyone.

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MLB: A New Blog to Read

Some people have a vision for the future. Some people have a vision for the future and get on it as soon as they can.

My friend and WQAQ colleague Matt Stucko did just that. He’s been writing about minor league baseball for probably as long as I knew what baseball was (alright, maybe not that long), and has done a stupendous job in the process. He’s written for MLB.com, Baseball America, Scout.com among 343,042,334 other publications (ok, maybe not that many.)

He now has a blog called “In the Cage,” which I highly recommend. So check that out here. You won’t be dissapointed.

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GOLF: Tiger Commits to Barclays

He says he likes the changes in the FedEx Cup. He also said if healthy he’d add a couple events to his schedule in these tough economic times. Well today, Tiger Woods committed to The Barclays, the first event of the PGA Tour Playoffs for the FedEx Cup. The event will be held next week at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City. As Bob Harig tells us, if you want to win the Cup, skipping events is harder to do in 2009:

The yearlong points system has been tweaked to make it more difficult to skip tournaments and win the FedEx Cup. Points earned at each playoff event will be five times greater than at regular PGA Tour stops… The playoffs continue after The Barclays with the Deutsche Bank Championship (Sept. 4-7) and the BMW Championship (Sept. 10-13).

After a week off, there is the Tour Championship (Sept. 24-27), where the top 30 in points advance and will be reseeded. All 30 players will have a mathematical chance of winning the FedEx Cup, but anyone in the top five will be guaranteed the title if he wins the tournament.

This is very good for golf and very good for the New York City area to get Tiger playing again.

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NEW YORK JETS: Ugh, Sean Ellis

I thought we went through this last season. But evidently the Mangini-led Jets (or was it the league?) decided to not do anything about Sean Ellis’ pot bust. As a result, he’ll be suspended for the first game of the year.

Now without Ellis and Calvin Pace for game 1, the Jets defense will be reeling. Please, offense, help us out. The secondary should (will?) be fine, but that pass rush will be hurting, so lets score some TDs!

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