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May 31, 2000 Tiger
Woods continues to dominate golf. His win in this weekend's The
Memorial was his fourth tour win this year, and his 11th win in his
last 20 events. He won the tournament with the second best score in
tournament history. He is also the first golfer to go over $15
million in career earnings. And he's only 24. BOTTOM OF THE WEEK
``To me it's a simple question,'' Knight said. ``I have to do all the time, basically, what I do most of the time now.'' Knight also denied choking former player Neil Reed, despite videotape evidence to the contrary. As they say, De-nial isn't a river in Egypt. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK HEADLINE OF THE YEAR From the May 23 Los Angeles Times
about an investigation at a baseball-making factory that found the
balls weren't wound tighter (``juiced'') to make them go farther
when hit: THE SUMMER
SEX GAMES And you thought all of the action
would take place on the field. Think again. The organizers of the
2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney have announced that in the interest
of safe sex they will provide 50,000 condoms to the 10,000 athletes,
the Los Angeles Times reported. BASEBALL There were two notable on-field achievements this week, both in Yankee Stadium. Something happened on Monday for only the 10th time in MLB regular season history. Oakland Second Baseman Randy Velarde turned an unassisted triple play in his team's 4-1 loss to the New York Yankees. "I had it played perfectly," Velarde said. "Both guys took off, it was a soft liner. I caught it. Tag, tag, that's it." The day before, fans witnessed
something as rare as a 25-cent cup of coffee this year: A pitchers'
duel. The Yanks' Roger Clemens battled Boston's Pedro Martinez for 8
scoreless innings. But Trot Nixon got to do his home run trot in the
ninth and Pedro bested Roger, 2-0. Two runs, and no one was bored. NBA The first two rounds of the NBA playoffs were as dull as Gore-Bush. But the conference finals have heated up and both look to go the full seven games. In the East, the Knicks have more players in ER than on the court, but they continue to befuddle the supposedly superior Pacers and are tied in the series, 2-2. Indiana players are disorganized and grumbling, not a good sign this late. In the West, it's been anything but
home sweet home. The last four games have been won by the road team,
with Portland staying alive in Game 5 with a win in Los Angeles.
This has been an odd series, with Shaquille O'Neal all of a sudden
making free throws and Kobe Bryant disappearing. Anything can
happen. NFL The Washington Redskins already have
some of the NFL's highest ticket prices. Not they're going to charge
to watch practice, the first team in the league to do so. Blame it
all on snot-nosed new owner Dan Snyder, the kind of guy with a
perpetual smirk on his face. For $10 a head, plus parking, fans this
summer will get to suffer heat stroke watching players run sprints.
Oooh, watching a 350-pound lineman sweat buckets is our idea of fun.
TENNIS It's hard to give a Champion a rough time because he didn't pull one out. But when you've won more than a handful of Grand Slam events, you're ranked #2 in the world, and you keep getting bounced early in the same tournament on the same surface year after year after year, it becomes a cruel joke. On Monday, Pete Sampras took his annual early exit from the French Open, this time losing in the first round to Australia's hot young star, Mark Philippoussis, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 8-6. |