GOLF: Steve Stricker Has Herniated Disk, Prez Cup Status Unknown

Steve Stricker, who has been suffering from a weak left arm, announced that an MRI has shown he has a herniated disk in his neck. What the next step is is still being determined. Also to be determined is if he can play on the Presidents Cup team. If he can’t, that would be a [...]

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GOLF: Presidents Cup Captains Picks Announced

Your captains picks for the 2011 Presidents Cup: USA: Tiger Woods and Bill Haas No surprise for me there — you had to pick Haas after his heroics at the Tour Championship.Sorry, Keegan Bradley. International: Robert Allenby, Aaron Baddeley Greg Norman wanted to stack the squad with Australians. So with that thought in mind, these [...]

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GOLF: All 4 Days of Presidents Cup to Air LIVE on Golf Channel in Primetime

Big, big news for golf fans today from the NBC Sports Group. Even with the 16 hour time difference between the east coast of the US and Melbourne, Australia, Golf Channel will have full, four-day coverage of the Presidents Cup in November LIVE. There will be replays on NBC on Saturday and Sunday, but if [...]

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MONMOUTH FOOTBALL: Monmouth Beats Central Connecticut 24-12

(From my NewJerseyNewsroom.com article) Coming off last week’s team effort in defeating Villanova, Monmouth University football felt like they had gained a lot of momentum and confidence. They showed it today. Using a fast 17-0 start, the Monmouth Hawks (2-1, 1-0) got a big road win against Central Connecticut State University today (2-2, 1-1), beating [...]

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PGA TOUR: What It Means — September 25, 2011 — Atlanta

(From my post on Prosportsblogging.com) Quick hits for this week’s What It Means: 1) Congrats to Bill Haas for winning both the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup — $11.44 million bucks. Wow. That shot out of the sand/water on the 2nd playoff hole is clearly the shot of the year — the guts to [...]

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TIGER WOODS: Breaking News: Tiger Announces Joe LaCava As Permanent Caddie

Tiger Woods announced tonight that he has hired Joe LaCava, Fred Couples’ longtime caddie and most recently Dustin Johnson’s caddie has his new caddie. This is a surprise — most people didn’t think Joe would leave someone with such youth and upside like Dustin. If I had to guess, the combination of being able to [...]

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NEW YORK JETS: Week 3 Review

First of all the Raiders are now 2-1, not 1-2 as I incorrectly stated earlier. Now, bottom line: you can’t give up 234 yards rushing and four touchdowns and expect to win. That was just awful, awful, awful defense. Period. Also, still not sold on this offensive line. HAVE to get that better for Baltimore.

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NEW YORK JETS: Week 3 Preview

My thoughts on this week’s matchup against Oakland: 1) This game has loss written all over it. Jets are facing an 0-2 team in Oakland that’s hungry for a victory. That’s a bad recipe. 2) The Jets have to run the football. Period. 3) I’m worried about Colin Baxter. 3) The Jets better score quickly, [...]

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NFL: 2011 Week 3 Picks

Here are my picks for Week 3 of the 2011 NFL season, with bold representing the winners: Sunday, Sep. 25 New England at Buffalo 1:00 pm CBS – HD (Regional) Jacksonville at Carolina 1:00 pm CBS – HD (Regional) Denver at Tennessee 1:00 pm CBS – HD (Regional) N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia 1:00 pm FOX [...]

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MONMOUTH FOOTBALL: Monmouth Faces Central Connecticut Saturday

Here’s my preview on Monmouth football’s huge game on Saturday against Central Connecticut State for NewJerseyNewsroom.com: Monmouth University (1-1, 0-0) at Central Connecticut State University (2-1, 1-0) Saturday, September 24, 2011 Noon – Arute Field, New Britain, Connecticut Radio: 1160AM, 1310AM, shoresportsnetwork.com THE LAST WHISTLE: Monmouth is coming one of their biggest wins in program [...]

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