Hots dogs, Tiger, and Larry the cable guy
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As covered last week by yours truly, the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Championship lived up to all the hype. Joey Chestnut became a three time champ downing a new world record 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Amazing.
Tiger Woods outdueled the field and won for the third time this year. Hunter Mahan threw an impressive final round 62 at Eldrick at Congressional, but it was not enough. Woods had his game face on all day and won for the third time this year. He heads to the Open Championship in two weeks and if he can play like this should be considered the favorite..then again…when isn’t he?
Tragedy hits the NFL. Seems like we have been talking too much lately about untimely deaths of popular figures of American culture. The more details that are coming out the less the local community feels like they really knew Steve McNair.
Roger Federer wins an unprecedented 15 grand slam title. While last years match was considered “the greatest game ever played” we do not seem to be hearing the same talk this year about this 2009 version of the Mens’ Wimbledon Final. Roddick and Federer went more games this year than Nadal v. Federer last year. Nike wasted no time in having a smooth looking velveteen jacket that was gold and white with a nice “F” on the front and a smooth number 15 on the back…..wonder how long it will be before that is outdated?
Lance Armstong is making a comeback to vie for the Tour de France this year after retiring some years ago. The seven time winner finds himself in 3rd place behind current leader Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland just 40 seconds behind. Can Livestrong continue this feat and win an 8th Tour? Either way it will be an amazing story and it will be especially with the French Media, who has looked for every possible angle to try an diminish the great cyclists record in this prestigious event.
For you fantasy geeks out there remember that most Fantasy Football drafts are just around the corner. Many of my co-workers are already buying magazines and laying out the big plans for the boys bachelor party weekend…errrrr…Draft Collaboration. It is truly amazing how much wasted efficiencies are realized each year by millions of workers surfing the net and trying to figure out who is a better pick, Adrian Peterson or Michael Turner. Count me among those that love the fantasy leagues and the draft parties. I am just not a rabid fan as many I know. Look for some upcoming fantasy football articles from the Goodman file later this year.
In college sports news “of sorts” The University of Nebraska allowed comedian, Larry the Cable Guy, to perform a 4th of July concert at Memorial Stadium. This is big news to those of us here in Nebraska as the last time a “non-football” event was held at Memorial Stadium was the Farm Aid concert some time in the 1980’s. The only reason that year the University allowed the Farm Aid concert was because they were going to tear up and replace all of the Astroturf in the stadium. Larry who is a native Nebraskan, charged a whopping $4-$6 dollars for tickets depending on seating and where you purchased them. You can catch the action on Comedy Central likely in a month or two as the event was taped to be shown on TV at a later time. Nice Job packing the house with over 50,000 who watched the concert this past Saturday.
Until Next week….GIT – R- DONE!
Tags: Fantasy Football > Joey Chestnut > Lance Armstrong > Larry the cable guy > Roger Federer > Tiger Woods
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