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Golf

26 Best Golfers to Win Only One Major Since World War II

Post author By bsd987
Post date July 15, 2008
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I am going with the same criteria as I did for the 25 worst golfers to win a major championship, with one change: I am making it a top-26.

Why 26? It’s simple. Steve Elkington is not in the same class as these other golfers, but his accomplishments make him appear to be. While everyone else arguably underachieved winning only one major, Elkington overachieved. But unlike every other overachiever in golf, Elkington time and time again stepped his game up in prestigious events. That deserves a mention, and thus he makes this list.

Tags Golf, majors, masters, men's golf, open championship, pga championship, pga tour, u.s. open

Golf

25 Worst Major Champions Since World War II

Post author By bsd987
Post date July 14, 2008
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Okay. I’ve looked at every golfer to win one of golf’s four male major professional tournaments and picked out the 25 worst to win a title. There have been some very obscure champions, three of which even won multiple titles. But these were the worst.

Now, there were some that were less accomplished. Ian Baker-Finch didn’t achieve that much in his career, but before his mental collapse he was a top-ten golfer and many thought he would win multiple titles. He was not one of the 25 worst.

Tags Golf, majors, pga tour

General Sports

The Pursuit of Happiness

Ah, the paradoxes presented by capitalism.

Here we are, America, set for a penultimate debate regarding the true nature of our society, source material provided entirely by basketball. What kind of discourse could crystallize us so clearly? Is it David Stern’s secret obsession with prestige fashion? Unfortunately not, though the commissioner is a key player in the correct answer. No, this article will attempt to analyze an issue affecting far more lives than a dress code ever could… or should.

Tags age limit, beer, david stern, st. john's

General Sports

The Top Five Moments Of The 2008 Sports Year

Post author By mfitz
Post date July 13, 2008
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The 2008 sports year has already offered us some unbelievably memorable moments. Here is a list of the top five momnets in sports in 2008.

Tags baseball, basketball, football, Golf, MLB, NBA, NFL, pga

General Sports

Diamonds are Forever

Not sure if I was ever meant to play baseball, but, for a time, if felt perfectly natural. I sometimes wonder if we are assigned dreams before birth, impossible missions never meant for completion, just so we could learn something from the failure.

Tags baseball, sports

All Other Sports

Unheeded Words: Washington’s Final Thunder

Post author By bsd987
Post date July 7, 2008
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Washington might not be a horse racing hotbed, but the small community in the Pacific Northwest has always loved its champions.

None, financially speaking, was as prolific as Saratoga Passage, who passed away unceremoniously Saturday of colic at the age of 23.

Tennis

Campe

Post author By bsd987
Post date July 6, 2008
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There were some clichés I never thought I would say. Near the top of that list was “both men deserved to win.”

Maybe I didn’t fully understand the implications of such a statement; maybe I thought it couldn’t capture reality; maybe I avoided it because it was a cliché. None of that matters now. After watching the gentlemen’s singles finals at Wimbledon Sunday, there is no saying that has more truth that I have ever come across.

Tags rafael nadal, roger federer, Tennis

General Sports

It’s a Boston Sports World- and Everyone Else is Just Paying Rent

Post author By BostonMac
Post date July 6, 2008
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By Ryan McGowan

Vin has been heckling me for the lack of quantity of my writing lately.

And by “lack of quantity,” I mean I haven’t posted a column since February 2007 when I wrote some diatribe about how NASCAR, and by extension the South in general, sucks.

Even though I’ve been a loyal and regular contributor to Poor Man’s PTI, my absence from the printed word has been somewhat unexplained. So I think I owe it to the readers and especially to my colleagues Vin, Trevor, R.J., Billy, Kris, et al, to explain my writing void.

Tags arrogant rant, Boston Celtics, Boston Red Sox, boston sports, domination, New England Patriots

General Sports

When Shaq Attacks!

“Kobe, tell me how my a** tastes?” This is something you think you’d hear from a Boston fan during game 6 of the NBA Finals. Alas, it was our old, over-sized, over-hyped, under-skilled friend Shaquille O’Neal.

Tags kobe bryant, rap, shaq

General Sports

Why We Watch Tennis

How many people can honestly say there isn’t something about tennis that intrigues them? Whether it’s the endless rallies or the power serving, tennis has a little bit of everything for everyone. The British Championship at Wimbledon has also proved that it provides the drama that every sports fan enjoys. With the big guns falling, this years Wimbledon has provided the sports world with one of the greatest opportunities in recent tennis history; a reason to watch.

Tags Tennis