Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Watson was running 30 minutes behind schedule

Watson was running 30 minutes behind schedule because of a travel delay, which is par for the course in his post-Masters life. Once he made himself comfortable at the podium, he spoke like someone who could use a few more hours in the day or at least a few more hours of sleep.

In the 16 days since winning his first major, Watson said, he has had little time for reflection. He completed the talk-show gauntlet in New York, played in Tim Tebow's charity event in Florida and bonded with his two-month-old son, Caleb, whom he and his wife Angie adopted last month.

"We've had him for a month, and I've only got to see him eight or nine days, so it's not enough, not a lot," Watson said. He sounded rueful. He said he cried when it was time to leave his son and wife in Orlando, Fla., to fly to New Orleans. 




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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Mills said he had talked to Weiland

Houston manager Brad Mills knows the third inning was the game's turning point.

"It seemed like you could really nail it down to one inning and that was the third inning," Mills said. "They scored three runs with two outs and nobody on and we had runners on first and third and nobody out and couldn't score. That was kind of tough."

Mills said he had talked to Weiland (0-1) before the game about keeping the ball down and getting strikes. The manager said that there were several times when the ball was down but out of the zone.

"That caused his pitch count to go up and caused him to get behind in the count with some guys," Mills said. "That enabled them to get some better swings on balls as the count got deeper."



Saturday, March 24, 2012

The Tar Heels look as dysfunctional as they did in Friday’s 73-65

Not if The Tar Heels look as dysfunctional as they did in Friday's 73-65 overtime victory against No. 13 Ohio.

And certainly, not if Harrison Barnes plays that embarrassingly bad again.

Did I properly convey angst? If not, reread with breathy, angry inflection because freaking out seemed to be the accepted response to North Carolina not drilling Ohio en route to a date with Kansas in the Elite Eight. Being basketball royalty has a price. It is acceptable to be good, not lucky. Even Williams talked about feeling faint and needing a hug afterward.

Monday, March 12, 2012

the Michael Waltrip Racing teams of Martin Truex Jr.

"These people don't go to the race track, they don't understand the process. They don't understand sometimes where this sport is. They're great business people. They're past drivers, champions, past sports car racers, past engine builders. Doesn't make any difference. I think they should be judged by their peers. In this environment, in this environment we race in today, if you commit a crime or you do something, you should be judged by people who understand the sport and what is going on. And I don't think the appeals process is a good process, but at the same time, I don't think the fine or what they've done to Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus is anywhere near legit. It's total BS. They never should have fined them because the car never made it onto the race track."

To note, the Michael Waltrip Racing teams of Martin Truex Jr. and David Reutimann and the JTG Daugherty team of Bobby Labonte were all docked 25 points for unapproved windshields at Talladega last fall. Those windshields were never on track. The teams' crew chiefs were also suspended for the final four races of the season.