While you were sleeping, SportsGrid was up all night watching TV and searching the internet for links to help get your day started. Today, Tiger has a rough start, Glenn Beck has a Cardinal-attended rally, Brett Favre shows the rust, and more.
Tiger Woods, after such a good start, is essentially out of contention at the Barclays after shooting a 1-over 72 yesterday, leaving him nine shots out of the lead. Tiger’s lowlight yesterday came early – a triple bogey on the first hole. He rallied a bit near the end, but his end result here looks like it won’t match the promise of his first round.
Glenn Beck held a rally yesterday, if you weren’t aware. Tony La Russa and Albert Pujols were there. Pujols was honored with a medal, and gave a speech. This move wasn’t popular with everyone, but we suspect if Pujols keeps mashing baseballs, all will be forgotten. Well, maybe not with Bissinger.
Brett Favre had a rough night last night, throwing two interceptions – one returned for a touchdown – and losing a fumble. The Vikings won 24-13, though (it’s the preseason, but still), aided by a 7-yard touchdown catch from former Rutgers linebacker Ryan D’Imperio, who’s being used as a fullback in Minnesota. The experiment sure worked last night.
Earlier today, the U.S.A. national team improved to 2-0 at the world championships with a 99-77 win over Slovenia, led by Kevin Durant’s 22 points. Unlike the last time the U.S. met Slovenia in a prominent international tournament, Koman Coulibaly did not wind up at the center of controversy.
“The American academic Peter Struck, writing in the historical publication Lapham’s Quarterly, has identified the second-century AD charioteer Gaius Appeleius Diocles as the best-rewarded sporting figure ever. Probably illiterate, Diocles made a whopping 35,863,120 sesterces in prize money alone, an estimated $ 15bn in today’s money.” (H/T Darren Rovell)
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