Tiger Being Tiger, Phil Chokes, Poulter Flips Out

The rest of the U.S. Open field will be seeing red today.

Tiger Woods Phil Mickelson Ian Poulter US Open

Tiger Woods put together a monster third round to take the lead at this year’s Open at Torrey Pines. Some of the others, like Phil Mickelson and Englishman Ian Poulter, didn’t fare quite so well. Read more…

Blog-A-Roni: Eyeing Larry Johnson’s $300K Watch

Chris Mottram of THE SPORTING BLOG takes time to admire Larry Johnson’s $300,000 watch:

Larry Johnson $300,000 watch

And Grandmama even suggests a payment plan to own one for yourself: “You could deal crack and get it in three weeks.”

• ESPN swings over news that Ian Poulter has a lot of (golf) balls, as he can soon challenge Tiger Woods.

Ian Poulter quote

• AOL FANHOUSE learns that Major League Baseball is asking if their umpires are members of the Ku Klux Klan.

Kelly Dwyer of YAHOO SPORTS is scared of Hubie Brown.

• PRO FOOTBALL TALK via AWFUL ANNOUNCING is always entertained by the keen observations from Emmitt Smith - such as referring to LL Cool J as “L Cool JJ“.

Emmitt Smith LL Cool J

Matt Moseley of HASHMARKS bets that Vegas desperately wants Patriots fans to take a gamble on their team.

• CBS 4 DENVER has video of Broncos WR Rod Smith speaking honestly at a Barack Obama rally.

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