Lamm at Large

The field for this week's Tour Championship features the year's top 30 golfers. Among the missing BUT forgotten are Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson. Out of sight out of mine. It was first thought as more golfers fled to the LIV Tour, the PGA Tour would, if not knocked to the canvas, at least be staggered by blows to the heart. But a funny thing happened en route  […]

Football is the ultimate team game, 11 players working in unison to achieve success. . But one player -- other than the quarterback, of course -- can make a huge difference in a league where close games are the norm. The Jaguars haven't had that player in years. It may be different this season with RB-WR Travis Etienne healthy. Etienne has the speed, the quickness and the instincts to be […]

This and that . . . * I imagine the Ravens are offering QB Lamar Jackson $250 million for 5 years. He ought to take the offer. His running style suggests a short career. Besides, he's barely in the top 10 QBs in the league. * Florida's Anthony Richardson is poised to get an invitation to New York as a Heisman finalist. * I think we've seen FSU QB Travis Jordan's […]

Remember the mighty Yankees before the All-Star Games? That was then; this now. The team's offensive production has all but shutdown even though Aaron Judge is still hitting home runs at a record pace. He also strikes out a bunch, too, as does most of the lineup. Hitters today are taught to swing on an upward plane. Get the ball in the air; some of the fly balls may land […]

I think the NFL's fear of injuries causes more injuries. Most NFL teams do little hitting at practices and most of the stars play very little in exhibition games because of this fear. But football is a violent contact sport played by large, fast men. There are going to be injuries. I think players are better equipped to handle the violence if there was more live scrimmaging at practice; if […]

I feel terrible for Britany Griner. Sentenced to 9 years in a Russian prison after getting caught for having a small amount of an illegal drug at a Russian airport. That's like getting a 9-year sentence in the USA for parking tickets. But the WNBA star should've known better. This wasn't her first year playing basketball in the shadow of the Kremlin. She pleaded guilty, obviously thinking that would soften her punishment. […]

I've never paid much attention to training camp. I envy my colleagues to can stand 100 yards away from the practice action and later tell you which ones looked good and which ones looked bad. The preseason scrimmages weren't much different. Clearly the score means nothing. I try to isolate a few players and watch them each for 2-3 series. This year is different, starting with tonight's Hall of Fame […]

Bill Russell was a freak. Back in his basketball playing days -- the 50s and 60s -- people his he size simply could not do the things he could do. If you were 6-6 back then, you played center because you lacked quickness and such skills as dribbling, passing and shooting. Your talent was being tall Russell was listed at 6-10 although most who saw him thought he was an […]

Need a feel good moment? Sure you do. Who doesn't in this upside-down world we live in. So pay attention to the story I'm about to tell you. Sadio Mane is a soccer player in Senegal, one of the poorest nation's in the world. He is a very good soccer player, good enough to earn more than $10 million a year. So what does he do with so much money […]