Championships

World Championships With the PGA Championship behind us, and Tiger Woods as dominant as ever, the last big golf event of the season is the Ryder Cup in September. Bank Championship The bar tender has a 50-50 chance, and probably better, of winning with Tiger. With Sunday’s playoff win at the WGC event, he did, in fact, win his fourth in a row, and his sixth out of only thirteen tournaments played this year. National Championship Which could roll through the Pac-10 if USC falters. If you are one of the idealists that believe that a non-BCS team is going to make it to the big dance one of these years, then you get TCU, Utah, Fresno State and all the others, too. PGA Championship Take Angel Cabrera (66-1), 1/6 unit: Always want to keep him in mind for a major because he finds a way to score. Putting is iffy, but putting was way more iffy for Lehman, and he finished second last week. Office poolsters would be wise to take Cabrera with a third pick. Swimming Championships Meanwhile, the rest of my teammates were slapping my back, giving me high fives but I didn’t feel their joy. Suddenly my head hurt – it was throbbing furiously. I absentmindedly rubbed it. There was a lump the size of a small baseball. Championship of Milwaukee At this week’s U.S. Bank Championship of Milwaukee, Take Carlos Franco (100-1), 1/6 unit: Franco’s won this tournament twice, in 1999 when it was known as the Greater Milwaukee Open and in 2004 when it was the U.S. Bank in Milwaukee (did they add “Championship” to the name last year because people thought it was a big, gray, square building on a corner block in Milwaukee and not a golf tournament?). World Marbles Championship From your point of view, what was the most important moments in your way to the World Marble Champion title? National MILF Championship Major bonus points were given to Christine Taylor by Jewish voters. Because Christine is married to Jewish funnyman Ben Stiller. And every Jewish guy knows it’s a Jewish guy’s dream to get with a hot shiksa (non-Jewish girl). SEC Championship Tickets Go to the stadium and take the risk that there are no tickets available from scalpers. Or that the tickets that are available are ridiculously expensive or even worse, possibly counterfeit or stolen. I would never pay hundreds of dollars in cash for tickets that could turn out to be fake or stolen. Develop a Championship Team “As a coach, my job is to help you be the best you can be at your job. Of course, it’s in my self-interest to have you be great at your job, and I trust it’s also in yours. While I don’t claim to be a masterful coach yet, I’m sure together we can learn to create a relationship that helps everyone win.” Skating Championships Golovina/Voika (21, 41.57) They start with movements that seem to exaggerated for the more subtle foxtrot rhythm. But they still have good musicality and energy. Decent quickstep, but again the movements don't fit the rhythm very well.