PGA Tour Wachovia Championship Live Online Video Coverage

CUBICLE-IMPAIRED GOES GREEN THANKS TO PGATOUR.COM: Here’s a cool Friday time kill for the cubicle-impaired - a live video feed on the web of Quail Hollow’s water-laden 17th hole at the Wachovia Championship (online coverage runs from 6am-3:30pm PT):

SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY: “The cameras even manage to eavesdrop on conversations between the golfers and their caddies, […]

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Chris Berman nicknames becoming more obscure thanks to Russian Literature class

CHRIS BERMAN GETTING INTO RUSSIAN BOOKS; GOODBYE TOM ‘COTTON’ CANDIOTTI, HELLO RASK-AL-NIKOV DAVIS: When you think of Chris Berman, you think of many things (most of which cannot be reprinted here). But Boomer’s longtime calling card has been his use of player nicknames.

And now, according to THE ONION, the man who gave us Bert […]

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100 Year Anniversary of the Rat Portage Thistles winning the Stanley Cup

RATS OFF TO YA, 100-YEAR-OLD STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS: While the NHL playoffs ramble on, here’s a tiny tidbit about the smallest town to hoist Lord Stanley’s Cup:

An article in Canadian history magazine THE BEAVER (No, I’m not making this up), tells the story of the Rat Portage Thistles (again, not making this up) and their […]

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