Herb Duncan Scores An Ace

Former Detroit Tiger righthander, Herb Duncan scored a hole-in-one while playing golf with high school friends at Bald Mountain CC in Oakland County, Michigan on July 16, 2009. Using a three wood, the former Birmingham police officer recorded his one without knowing it. Thinking he was dancing on the putting surface, Duncan approached the 13th green, a 190 yard par three, and couldn’t locate... [Read more]

Go Logical and Then Go Blue

Before Justin Boren and Kurt Wermers get more of a platform to blast the University of Michigan football program, let’s put out a few logical facts that get very little media attention. Both of these guys are big offensive linemen who don’t fit the demands of Rich Rodriguez’s blocking scheme. They would need to be mobile and athletic and smart. Boren, transferred to Ohio State,... [Read more]

My Self-Serving Book About “The Yankee Years”

By Peter Mathews – July 14, 2009 “The Yankee Years” by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci Doubleday. 482 pages. Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci’s book with Joe Torre is a self-serving, second-guessing attempt at slanting the record straight for what Torre might describe as a very successful eleven year reign as Yankee manager. Unfortunately, there were other witnesses to... [Read more]

Yankees At the Half – The Death March Begins

By Joe Brian – July 13, 2009 They are fourteen games above .500 and three games behind their nemesis Red Sox, whom they simply can’t beat. They are also owned by the Los Angeles, California Angels and showing signs of age, particularly in their fire-in-the-belly furnace of Jeter, Posada and Rivera. The ownership and front office is reviled, the joy of the new stadium has been overshadowed... [Read more]

Looking For a Few Good Gems

Rutgers finished 8-5 last year after an almost disasterous 1-5 start. They finished 5-2 in the Big East and continued their string without a Big East conference crown. They won the bottom of the bowls, the Papa John’s.com Bowl, against North Carolina State 29-23, largely because the Wolfback QB was forced out of action for the second half. On the surface, a presentable, but flawed performance,... [Read more]