New York Yankees manager Joe Torre tells New York Daily News reporter Mark Feinsand that this has been his toughest year as manager of the Bronx Bombers.... "Torre admitted to the Daily News last night that this has been the most difficult season he has endured in New York. If his magical ride in his hometown ends on the sourest of notes, Torre seems ready to deal with that." ....
Boston Globe sports columnist Bob Ryan looks back at the life of Bucko Kilroy who died last Tuesday.... "Bucko Kilroy the player was legend enough. Tough and unapologetic, he dished it out and took it in the trenches with such gusto that he had a reputation as one of the most hated and feared (and respected) men in the league." ....
New York Daily News reporter Hank Gola writes about the last time the British Open was played at Carnoustie - one of the greatest meltdowns in golf history occurred.....remember Jean Van De Velde.... "This week, the British Open returns to the scene of the disaster, where the Frenchman preferred to go down in flames than take the easy path to the claret jug." ....
Oakland Tribune sports columnist Art Spander is in Scotland getting ready for the British Open.... "The British Open, the Open Championship, is back in Scotland, at Carnoustie, on the northeast coast, Tayside, near Glamis Castle, reputed to be the one where Macbeth held dominion, not all that far from the ruins of the castle of McDuff, who, not born of woman, slew Macbeth." ....
Cleveland Plain Dealer baseball reporter Paul Hoynes has been covering the Cleveland Indians for the last 25 years.....in a year long series, each month Hoynsie, as he is known, selects the best player he has seen at each position.....today he picks his best right field.....
The talk of the sports world this week was about David Beckham....L.A. Times columnist Grahame L. Jones writes that Becks could be in for a rough ride.... "The playing fields of the U.S. and Canada are not like the manicured lawns of Old Trafford or Santiago Bernabeu stadiums. Sometimes they are threadbare. Sometimes they are bumpy. Sometimes they are artificial." ....
Fort Worth Star-Telegram sports columnist Gil Lebreton gives his list of 100 places a true sports fan should do before they die..... "I don't necessarily want to see an opera festival in Finland, or bathe with strangers in Budapest before I die. I want to go to a Red Sox-Yankees game in Fenway Park." ......
Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist Jay Mariotti is asking commissioner Bud Selig to listen to the Cubs fans and allow Mark Cuban to buy the team.... "The fans want Cuban, as indicated by every Internet poll, talk-show discussion and Wrigleyville debate I've heard and read. The players want Cuban . . . " .....
Home field advantage?....the Cubs don't need no stinkin home field advantage according to Chicago Tribune sports Columnist Rick Morrissey..... "When the Cubs win the first two games on the road against some hapless American League opponent, won't home-field advantage in the Fall Classic be a moot point anyway? If they are going to sweep, which is a given, it would mean the club can celebrate on the hallowed ground of Wrigley Field." .....
St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Rick Hummel writes that people should not over-analyze the tiff between Tony LaRussa and Albert Pujols.... "Pujols, long a La Russa backer, will play as hard as always. If he and third baseman Scott Rolen, who had just four homers before the weekend, find their power strokes, the Cardinals' offense will take on a different look." .....
The Baltimore Sun begins a series of stories about athletes who leave the playing field to go to the battlefield.... "The concept of sports as preparation for war dates to ancient times - and still thrives as military recruiters seek out future warriors among teenage athletes....."
Newark Star-Ledger's Carlton Holmes writes that time is no longer on Michael Strahan's side... "The 15-year NFL veteran, who holds the NFL record for sacks among active players with 129 1/2, does believe his time in the league is winding down." ....
Boston Globe reporter John Powers writes how a former Harvard football player and WWE wrestler is taking on the issue of concussions.... "Nowinski has solid credentials because he's also a victim, a former Harvard football player and World Wrestling Entertainment performer who suffered at least a half-dozen concussions that eventually ended his career." ....
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