Lamm at Large

You're offered a job for more money and less work. You jump at opportunity. That's what PGA Tour players are facing from the LIV Tour. The only reason some haven't made the leap is sports are different from others businesses. There's a player's legacy, trying to see how they fare against the all-time greats. All though such star players -- Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Louis Oosthuizen and Sergio Garcia among them -- who've already made the jump […]

The NFL is on vacation. The NBA season is done. The U.S. Open has been played. The MLB is in the dog days of summer. So what is a sports commentator to do? Make predictions, whether or not we know what we're talking about. So here's a guess of which teams win NFL division titles. The Rams are an easy pick in the NFC West. Ditto for the Packers in […]

The NFL is on vacation. The NBA season is done. The U.S. Open has been played. The MLB is in the dog days of summer.   So what is a sports commentator to do?   Make predictions, whether or not we know what we're talking about. So here's a guess of which teams win NFL division titles.   The Rams are an easy pick in the NFC West. Ditto for […]

Things that grabbed my attention recently:   # Our new U.S. Open golf champion, Matt Fitzpatrick, looks like he's 12 years old. Does that mean I'm getting old?   # You should always take what players say about their teammates, particularly new teammates, with a grain of salt. The latest example is Dolphins Tyree Hill saying his new quarterback,  Tua Tagovaloua, has a better arm than his previous QB Patrick […]

We all know now what an awful coaching job Urban Meyer did in his brief career running the Jaguars. But, admit it, most of you were thrilled when he was hired. Doug Pederson has been hired to clean up the mess. Given time I think he'll do it. He's an established NFL coach, both as head coach and an assistant. It's difficult to argue with much he's done and said […]

No one would argue Steph Curry's status as a star player But there's great debate whether or not he belongs among the all-time greats. I think he is, maybe the best long-range shooter ever, but I understand why others don't. There are no monster dunks. There's no showy tactics calling attention to himself. Sure, there's a little wiggle after a big basket; holding up three fingers after an important 3-pointer; […]

Golf returns to one of its most iconic courses this week with the U.S. Open being played at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., just outside of Boston. It is at The Country Club where a 20-year-old caddie named Frances Ouimet took down two of the game's titans, Englishmen Harry Vardon and Ted Ray, to win the 1913 Open and inspire many Americans to start playing golf. Since then the […]

Critics of the USGA for allowing Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and anyone else exempt for next week's U.S. Open need the hit the brakes. The Open is open for anyone who qualifies, not just PGA Tour players. Players come from all over the world, from Tours that represent practically every country, many of which violate human rights by our standards DJ, Lefty and several others have simply said wanted to […]

Interest in baseball is shrinking but the caretakers of the game are basically doing nothing about it. The main issue is baseball's insistence on protecting the integrity of the game's records. That sounds good until you look at the shrinking attendance and TV viewership. Those under 40 have almost abandoned the game. Are the records really that important? What other sport cares so passionately about them as baseball? The top […]