Sports MMSR: Our weekly tradition unlike any other
Hello friends, it is time for a tradition unlike any other…the weekly MMSR! We begin with a rainy day in Augusta, GA. The Masters concluded in dramatic fashion on Sunday with Australia’s Adam Scott taking golf’s first major of the year on the second playoff hole, defeating two-time Masters champ Angel Cabrera of Argentina. Both [...]
Sports MMSR: The Sweet Sixteen and not-so-sweet NASCAR
Greetings again with another jam-packed sports weekend! The NCAA Basketball Tournament has been whittled down to the Sweet Sixteen. I always love the Tournament, but in recent years it had been lacking in true last second buzzer-beating shots (it also lacks the amazing Gus Johnson calls of those last second shots, BRING BACK GUS!). However, that [...]
Sports MMSR: Enter the (McIlroy?) Madness
This weekend we entered the month of March. For sports fans that means one thing. It is time to enter the madness–March Madness. The college basketball competition will begin to mean a lot more this month, and there is no lack of storylines. The biggest college matchup of the weekend was on Saturday in the [...]
Monday Sports speed read: Golf and tennis in January
It seems weird to talk about warm-weather sports like golf and tennis in January, but with a weekend without meaningful football, that’s where we’re at. An ice advisory has delayed the federal government this morning in DC; perhaps I’ll go find a heated bin and hit golf balls into the sleet to celebrate the impending [...]
Adam Scott wasn’t the only choker on the links Sunday…
As he blasted at the ball in an attempt to free it from the trap, sand flew up and around the golfers face. He recoiled instinctively, as anyone would with flying debris hovering in their vision. His feet came out of their stance and he nearly stumbled back out of the trap. The ball rose [...]