• FANHOUSE has all the details of Padraig Harrington’s British Open victory in their live blog.

  

• TMZ investigates the sleeping arrangement of Alex Rodriguez and fitness models.

• ODENIZED has footage of NBA rookie Joey Dorsey getting T’d up…in a summer league game….and he wasn’t even in uniform.

• THE BIG LEAD takes a field trip to Vegas to cover last night’s UFC card while KEEP PUNCHING blogged live from last night’s “Affliction Banned” card.

• DEADSPIN reports that Iowa football recruit Riley Reiff is fast, especially when he’s partially naked and being chased by the police.

Obviously, Greg Norman’s current stance as the leader of the British Open through 54 holes tells us two things: I need to be up at 6 AM Pacific tomorrow to catch the impending collapse live (despite the fact that Norman has won this tournament twice, he’s still living down the ‘96 Masters) and Chris Evert has to be the mythical “Fountain Of Youth” that Spanish explorers came to the New World to search for centuries ago.

While I expect Norman to give us a nice little fall on Sunday for old time’s sake, at least if he falters, it will be because of play on the course or because Padraig Harrington, K.J. Choi, or someone else in the field plays better.

We can’t say the same for Michelle Wie.

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The British Open is underway without Tiger Woods, which for some reason has meant many more bettors on the event.

(No, Rocco didn’t just get word of Phil Mick’s scorecard)

At this writing, Rocco Mediate is your first round clubhouse leader at one-under-par. I suppose Mediate’s early showing shouldn’t be a surprise, considering his performance at the U.S. Open.

Speaking of (Claret) jugs, the man most Americans thought would be our top hope to claim The Open Championship has fallen out of contention after a mere 18 holes. Read more…