Tirico Suave

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With only an 8-foot par putt separating 59-year-old Tom Watson from history, he tensed up. And then he blew up, igniting the pages of a far-too-perfect storybook ending.
Stewart “USA! USA! USA!” Cink carved up his own ending, gutting Watson in a four-hole playoff. Unlike the previous 72 holes, this wasn’t fit for Disney. It was [...]

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Because The Suave practices gender equality, Diana Taurasi is going to receive the same artful coverage as resident drunk Kerry Collins.
Taurasi blew a 0.17 on July 2, which was actually the same percentage of American homes that tuned in to her game earlier that evening.
However, Taurasi did prove that she could drink Sir Charles — [...]

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ESPN’s ‘My Wish’ series is seemingly impenetrable to the ire of critics.
Seriously.
Let’s look at the show’s formula:
1) Sick kids
2) Sick kids overcoming adversity
3) Sick kids connecting with millionaire ballplayers
If Phil Mushnick were a semi-automatic weapon, ‘My Wish’ would be the equivalent of a bulletproof vest.
In reality, I don’t hate the show. But I don’t really [...]

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Utterly brilliant, Terrell.
Terrell Owens has a pretty good reason for missing the start of the Buffalo Bills’ voluntary off-season conditioning program this week.The star receiver is in Washington, D.C., attending the sixth annual National Alzheimer’s Gala. He’ll receive the Alzheimer’s Association’s first Young Champions Award on Wednesday night for raising awareness in the fight against [...]

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Schadenfreude-inspired time waster of day: F*** My Life. I don’t know exactly how long it’s been around, but it’s new to me, so here you go. It’s a simple enough concept: a web site where anyone can go and share instances detailing how godeffing miserable their life is, via short Twitter-esque entries. Yes, it’s possible [...]

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In the beginning, it was SI’s fossilized editor Terry McDonell.
Then it was Simmons.
Now, it’s Buccigross.
Check it out . . .

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So what you’re telling me is that if TO were to start blogging on a site known to harbor a few thousand angry Philly fans that frank and earnest commenting might ensue? A small smattering:
do you have your “popcorn ready” to watch the eagles in the playoffs from the couch this year?
My question to you [...]

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After Plax’s incident, I was thinking about all the self-inflicted wounds that athletes have suffered.
Gus Frerotte’s headbutt, obviously, is in a platinum class all by itself. But I went to look for the clip of the incident and came up completely empty.
Then I glanced up at my TV.
And there was Gus, sporting a striped collared [...]

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