Tee it up…way up…in the stratosphere.
That was Padraig Harrington and Raphael Jacquelin each letting the big dog eat on the 19th hole at Legend Golf & Safari Club (what a combo!) in South Africa. At 830 meters, it is the longest hole in the World. You can only get to the 430 meter elevated tee box by Helicopter. Anyone who holes one out from up there gets a cool million U.S. dollars.
(H/T to Twistedsifter.com)
Ricky Hatton laid there on the mat for a good three minutes looking like he was in another world on Saturday. And anyone with even a cursory knowledge of boxing (and the effects of a Manny Pacquiao uncontested left hook) knows that could be it for the Hitman.
What lies in store for Hatton remains to be seen, but according to The Guardian, it didn’t take long for Floyd Mayweather Sr. to find another Brit to take under his wing should Hatton retire. Chris Eubank Jr., whose senior is a former World Champion fighter, will reportedly start training under Mayweather at his Las Vegas-based gym.
“Let’s not dilly-dally with this, let’s get him to the right guy. I’m getting him to the right man,” said [Eubank Sr.] the former middleweight and super-middleweight world champion. “I’m sending him out there. I’ve watched this man [Mayweather], I’ve watched him train him. Christopher is no good to him without heart, he’s got fight, so now, what Floyd will do is teach him the tools.”
19-year old Eubank initially broke into boxing against his father’s wishes when he started training in 2006 in Las Vegas. In a short period of time, he’s amassed six amateur victories and recently won the title of Nevada Golden Gloves Champion at the 165 lbs. According to the Guardian, Eubank is in no rush to go pro and has a strong desire to compete for the UK at the London 2012 Olympics.
Check out Junior dishing out some punishment in one of his amateur fights.
(Additional info from Chris Eubank’s Wikipedia page)
Interestingly enough, the LPGA held an all hands on deck over the weekend where the message to the golfers was basically, “Be more like Natalie.”
The LPGA lost five tourneys this year due to sponsors dropping out, and in an effort to curb this behavior officials are looking for the ladies to get out themselves out there and starting shilling. In the ranks of the LPGA, Natalie Gulbis is the poster girl for self-promotion and marketing. From pin-up calendars, to The Apprentice, to Twitter…
Way to airmail that putt, Strokie McLuckerson.
Kudos to my man Zachary however – a pillar of restraint. A lot of guys probably would have had Natalie hoisted ten feet in the air, or tried to go for their Bogie-Bacall moment.
Dwight Howard was suspended for last night’s game six of the Magic/Sixers series – giving Celtics and Bulls fans a glimmer of hope that should one of those teams emerge still standing from that series they wouldn’t have to see Superman. That dream is, of course, dead. Orlando romped Philly last night to advance to the second round. Howard, who wasn’t allowed to be in the stadium, was back at the hotel with his family.
And as Sports By Brooks pointed out this morning, providing his own commentary via Twitter.
His twittering is a sobering example that just because you’re a supreme athlete not all pros are going to be The_Real_Shaq (and yeah, of course I’m going to start following him). For example,
Personally, I can’t get that. In fact, he didn’t communicate much that I think most of the outside World found discernible. I did find this one intriguing:
Is that how we gonna do that – let’s set it up? Or how we gonna do that – surely you jest.
Hugging Harold Reynolds found Dwight’s fascination with the Ivan “Polish Hammer” Putski to be engaging puzzling as well.
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