Can We Have Some Real Sports Please?

I've had enough of Bass fishing, competitive eating, poker, billiards, and baseball. I can tolerate streetball because, even though it's not real basketball, some of the things those guys can do are incredible. I'm ready for some football, even preseason football will do just fine at this point. Of course, preseason football will last for a month before the NFL regular season starts September 8th. That's another reason why college football is better, it starts September 1st. Other things to look forward to in August are the PGA Championship, and the tennis version of the US Open. And of course at the end of the month we get to see parents living their lives through their kids, the event otherwise known as the Little League World Series.

But before we get there, here are some tidbits ( I love tidbits!!!):

• Thankfully, the BassMaster classic came to a close with Kevin VanDam winning. Kevin VanDam can now be referred to as the BassMaster. You can't stop Kevin VanDam, you can only hope to contain him. One of the commentators described him as a "Mini Tiger Woods". Yeeeeaaaahhhh, riiiiiight. "He executed his gameplan perfectly." What gameplan??? He went where he could catch fish and tried to catch them, the same thing I believe everyone else was trying to do. That is the idea of competitive fishing, to catch the most, right???
• In a busy golf day, Vijay Singh won the Buick Open, but it was Tiger Woods making some noise at the end of the day. After bogeying the 1st hole, falling 10 shots behind Vijay, it looked like Tiger was out of it. Not so fast my friends. On the back 9, Tiger went birdie, par, birdie, birdie, eagle, par, birdie to get within 3 of the lead going to the 17th. The 17th at the Buick is a 200-yard par 3, or one big kegger. It is probably the 2nd most raucous environment in golf (16 at TPC Scottsdale being 1st). Tiger made birdie to get within 2, and with it the best reaction in golf. In his words, he wanted to see "how loud the drunk fans could get." After making his birdie putt, he smiled, tipped his cap, then put his hand to his ear to ask for a lot of noise. When he got the roar he wanted, he smiled and nodded his approval. If you get a chance, watch SportsCenter when he does this, I could watch it all day. Tiger was very playful with the crowd today, something he's done more of this year, which has been great to see.
• In other golf, Jeong Jang won the Women's British Open. Michelle Wie finished tied for 3rd, 6 behind, one ahead of Annika Sorenstam. In the US Senior Open, Allen Doyle came out of nowhere to shoot a course record 63 to win in Dayton. You could see the Seniors get tired, most having played in Scotland last week, then having to fly over to play in their 2nd major in 2 weeks. Add in the 88-degree temperatures and you had some grumpy old men out there today, which led to some poor shots.
• In the last 24 hours, everytime I come across MTV it seems the first two episodes of the new season of Laguna Beach are on. Talk about your spoiled high schoolers who have no idea what's going on the world and content to keep it that way. These people define, at least the ones who I guess came back from college, living in the past. Who goes to the bowling alley in a limo??? They should change the name of the show to Dumb Blondes.
• While great TV shows like The Contender got the axe after one year, there are others like my personal favorite My Super Sweet 16 Birthday that are coming back for another year. Another season of spoiled kids, dumb parents, and outlandish parties. At least it'll give me something to laugh at and write about I suppose. Is it too late for me to have a birthday party where I'm carried in on a Persian rug????
• What about the week the Boy Scouts had??? On Monday, 4 Scout leaders were electrocuted after lightning struck a metal pole that helped support a dining tent. Then on Wednesday, more than 300 Scouts were treated for illnesses from the heat after waiting for a visit from President Bush, which never came due to inclement weather. I know these are two serious incidents, but aren't the Boy Scouts supposed to good at these type of things???? I mean, metal poles in the middle of summer when thunderstorms are likely to occur. Then, not having enough water on a hot summer day???? I don't know.....
• The Baseball trading deadling came and went, and surprise, surprise, there were no big trades. Is it football season yet?
• In his first tournament since the French Open, Andre Agassi won the Mercedes-Benz Cup in Los Angeles, defeating Gilles Muller in straight sets. It was great to see Andre back and healthy. He took a cortisone shot after the French, but has not taken one since, instead doing more cross-training, which seems to have helped.
  
• Lance Armstrong appears on Letterman tomorrow night, make sure you watch.

That's all for tonight, goodbye July, hello August.