Lamm at Large

The U.S. Open Golf Championship is this week at the Los Angeles Country Club. I wasn't sure if you knew that golf has been one of the top stories worldwide for the last week.   The shocking, unexpected, shunning merger of the PGA Tour and LIV Golf is the biggest golf story in more than a half-century. Bitter rivals, as far as we all knew -- and I mean all […]

The New York Mets went on an off-season spending spree and now have a team payroll of $341 million, the highest in MLB. So what have they gotten for their money?   Not nearly enough. Through 60 games, they are 30-30 and in third place in the National East, 5 1/2 games behind the Braves and 2 behind the Marlins. There's time for the Mets to turn around their disappointing […]

Every once in a while, an athlete bursts onto the professional scene and is a star immediately. It happens in all sports, but not often. And we're experiencing the newest wet-behind-the-ears superstar in women's golf.   Even if you don't follow women's golf, you know who Nancy Lopez is. She won 9 times as a rookie in 1978. You know Annika Sorenstam. And if you've paid any attention to the […]

When the NBA season began the number of people who expected Denver and Miami to play for the NBA championship would fit in Corvette.   Oh, the Nuggets were one of the favorites in the West, but wouldn't they disappoint in the post-season as always despite having the game's best player, Nikola Jokic?   And no one saw the Heat doing anything in the post-season -- if it even made […]

This is my annual pep talk to sports fans not to go into a summertime funk.  My first suggestion is to give sports you've previously ignored a try.   Baseball is certainly worth a try. New rules have picked up the pace and made the game more enjoyable.   It's a major time for golf with the U.S. and British Opens, the PGA Tour playoffs, and the Ryder Cup.   […]

If you looking for job security, being an NBA head coach isn't for you. Talk about the perfect example of what have you done for me lately.   Four coaches have been fired this season, three have won championships, and all who've won Coach-of-the-Year honors in recent history.   Monty Williams took over a long-struggling Suns franchise and immediately turned Phoenix into a power. 64-18 any good? But he couldn't […]

Tired of the birdie fest on the PGA Tour?   Scores have been ridiculous this year. It's almost a shock if a player makes a bogey. If a player wants to make the weekend, he'd better be under par. Several players have flirted with breaking 60. I think we all like to see a good play, but enough is enough.   Architects keep trying to make the courses more challenging. […]

There are no easy schedules in the NFL. Most games are decided by 1 or 2 plays.   You can analyze all the teams before the season but there are a lot of changes after the season-opening kickoff. That's the way the league is built; that's the way the game is played. Sure, there are teams that get mired in the mud -- Jaguars -- and there are others that […]

I was watching a Giants baseball on TV recently when I was reminded just how good high school baseball in Jacksonville is. The Giants' lineup had not one but two players from our city.   Former Bolles star Austin Slater, now a 30-year-old veteran, was in the outfield, and rookie Brett wisely of Sandlewood   Our city has produced dozens of MLB players. I can go back to Don Bessett, […]