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McCoist to become Rangers manager

admin — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:05:40 +0000

McCoist to become Rangers manager
Rangers confirm that Ally McCoist will succeed Walter Smith as manager at the end of the season.

Kiwi Holden set for Wasps
London Wasps are set to appoint Leon Holden as their new director of rugby, BBC Sport understands.

Velodrome is first London Park venue ready (AP)

admin — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:05:39 +0000

Velodrome is first London Park venue ready (AP)
With less than 18 months until the London Games, Chris Hoy tested the new cycling track where he expects world records to tumble and hopes to add to his collection of four Olympic gold medals. The 6,000-seat, $152 million velodrome was unveiled Tuesday, the first venue completed in the Olympic Park and the arena where the host nation expects to win a stack of medals.

Knicks’ trade for Anthony official (AP)

admin — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:05:38 +0000

Knicks’ trade for Anthony official (AP)
Players like Carmelo Anthony don’t come cheap
and many times they don’t come around at all. So even though it cost much of their core
the New York Knicks couldn’t pass up a chance to pair him with Amare Stoudemire. “I think this puts us in a way ahead of everything
because these are the kind of guys that are really hard to get
” Knicks president Donnie Walsh said.
Create-a-Caption: LeBron James
All-Star game ninja
C’mon
LeBron James. Fight fair. Anyone can record the second triple-double in All-Star game history if they deploy mad smoke bombs to confuse and disorient the defense. (Also
don’t be surprised if LeBron has a little bit of a cough this week.)Best caption wins good rocking tonight
courtesy of Deep Purple. Good luck.In our last adventure: Jolly Giraffe was always Chris Bosh’s favorite Pillow Pet.Winner
patrick craft: “Ain’t no rule that says a giraffe can’t replace Joel Anthony.”Runner-up
Mark M.: Chris Bosh introduces a giraffe to the nba lifestyle
where people feed you by hand and tell you that you are the greatest.Second runner-up
r: “You know
if you want to get some dress shirts with extended necks
I know a guy …”A Special Commendation in Ruling
Clever Girl Division
goes to gordonyu1 for a well-met nature video joke: The raptor enjoys playing with its food before eating it.
Thunder spoil Griffin’s Oklahoma return (AP)
Blake Griffin’s return home featured a rousing start and a forgettable finish. Jeff Green scored 22 points
Kevin Durant added 21 and the Oklahoma City Thunder spoiled Griffin’s return to his hometown by beating the Los Angeles Clippers 111-88 on Tuesday night. Griffin made a run at his first career triple-double but came up two assists shy.

NFL, union to continue mediation

admin — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:05:35 +0000

NFL, union to continue mediation
When the NFL and the players’ union agreed to federal mediation, they knew it was voluntary. In theory, either side could walk away at any time. Instead, they keep coming back to the table, and the current round of negotiations appears set to stretch through Thursday — which would make for a full week. Click [...]This was posted on www.officialsportsbetting.com , your guide to online sports betting. If you like new online casino, please visit our partner site: http://www.jackpotcity.com/ online casino games

Simon Cho wins 500 at short track World Cup (AP)
Simon Cho won gold in the 500 meters at the short track speedskating World Cup on Sunday, a day after the American lost a race by one hundredth of a second. Cho won in 41.070 seconds. Wenhao Liang of China was second in 41.196, and Thibaut Fauconnet of France followed in 41.250. Cho won the overall event,

finishing with 3,978 points after eight races, with Fauconnet second and Liang third.

NFL Playoff Betting Sportsbooks Win Wildcard Round
NFL bettors didn’t fare well overall in the Wildcard Playoff round.

NHL schedules hearing on hit by Coyotes’ Klesla (Yahoo! Sports)

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NHL schedules hearing on hit by Coyotes’ Klesla (Yahoo! Sports)
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) The NHL has scheduled a hearing with Phoenix defenseman Rostislav Klesla regarding his hit on Nashville forward Matt Halischuk in the Coyotes’ 1-0 playoff victory on Friday night. The hearing will conducted by telephone on Sunday afternoon. Replays showed that Klesla appeared to grab the back of Halischuk’s jersey before slamming him into the boards. Nashville coach Barry Trotz called it ”a dangerous hit.” Halischuk left the game for a short time but returned. Klesla received a two-minute penalty for boarding. The Coyotes lead the best-of-seven series 3-1 with Game 5 Monday night in Arizona.

Nadal unhappy with blue clay in Madrid, blames ATP (Yahoo! Sports)

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Nadal unhappy with blue clay in Madrid, blames ATP (Yahoo! Sports)
MADRID (AP) Rafael Nadal has been unhappy with the Madrid Open since it moved on the schedule from the hard-court season, and now he’s blaming the ATP for the introduction of a blue-clay surface. The six-time French Open champion was troubled when he practiced on the court for the first time Thursday. He described it as soft and slippery and criticized the placement of advertising boards at either end as too low and the same color as the surface. A longtime critic of this event’s organizers, Nadal is upset the ATP allowed the change in the middle of the clay season. ”My thoughts haven’t changed on the concept and organization of this tournament,” Nadal said Friday. ”My criticism is not directed at the tournament but at the ATP, which should never have allowed such a change at a tournament of this scale.” In an email to The Associated Press, the ATP said tournament organizers completed all the necessary testing for its approval. ”The ATP granted this permission for one year with the understanding that it will be reviewed following the event, of course taking into account feedback from players,” the ATP said in the statement. ”We believe it is a good thing that our tournaments are trying to be innovative.” Nadal hasn’t been a big fan of the tournament since its schedule move in 2009, unhappy that the high altitude and thin air of spring in Madrid negates the strengths of his game and helps his rivals. The second-ranked Spaniard is 33-2 in career clay-court finals but 1-2 in Madrid. ”This is a clay-court event that is least like a clay-court event. There is always a chance of playing worse here,” Nadal said. ”I only speak my mind for the good of the tour and the players, so that we have a clay tournament with few problems.” Nadal lost last year’s final to Novak Djokovic, who was in the midst of a 43-match winning run. He finally beat the top-ranked Serb in a championship match after seven straight losses, capturing his eighth Monte Carlo Masters title on April 22. He followed it with a win at the Barcelona Open a week later. ”It’s practically unrepeatable and impossible for what he did last year to happen again,” Nadal said of Djokovic. ”It’s been two positive weeks and things are on the right path. I’m happy with how I am playing.” — AP Sports Writer Howard Fendrich in Washington contributed to this report.

Payment picks stats for February

admin — Fri, 04 May 2012 03:54:19 +0000

Payment picks stats for February
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Dancing Driver faces uncertain future in Green Bay (Yahoo! Sports)

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:36:15 +0000

Dancing Driver faces uncertain future in Green Bay (Yahoo! Sports)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy both enjoy watching veteran wide receiver Donald Driver compete on ”Dancing With the Stars.” There is no guarantee he’ll be on the roster by the time training camp rolls around. Driver is the leading receiver in franchise history with 735 catches for 10,060 yards. But he turned 37 in February, and said after the Packers’ playoff loss to the New York Giants that he wasn’t sure if the team would bring him back for the final year of his contract. Asked about Driver’s future Saturday, Thompson stopped short of guaranteeing that Driver’s spot was secure. ”I would never speculate on something like that,” Thompson said. ”He’s dancing right now. Doing good, too.” McCarthy said there was ”no reason to speculate on that.” However, McCarthy did say he and his family are having fun watching Driver’s dancing. ”Of course,” McCarthy said. ”I didn’t realize it was such a tough thing for a man that they (watch) ‘Dancing with the Stars.’ And if I’m not at home, we have to DVR it and watch it as a family. We’re rooting him on and voting eight times like you’re supposed to. He’s doing a great job; keeping in shape, that’s for sure. Not that that was ever an issue with Donald. It’s a great experience for him and his family.” The Packers already have made tough decisions on two veteran players in the past week, releasing safety Nick Collins and left tackle Chad Clifton. Clifton is coming off an injury-filled 2011 season, and the team was concerned about Collins’ ability to return from a season-ending neck injury. ”That is something you never get used to,” McCarthy said. ”That was a hard week starting with Chad on Monday and Nick, both with medical situations that led to that decision.” McCarthy said Collins’ decision was particularly personal. ”Ted Thompson and I sat down and the final question gets asked: if Nick was your son, would you let him play?” McCarthy said. ”So that’s why we made the decision we did.”

The Shutdown 50 — #12: Kendall Wright, WR, Baylor

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The Shutdown 50 — #12: Kendall Wright, WR, Baylor
Catching up to Kendall Wright when he’s on the move? Well, it can be embarrassing. (AP) With the 2011 NFL season in the books, it’s time to turn our eyes to the NFL draft, and the pre-draft evaluation process. Right up to the draft, we’ll be taking a closer look at the 50 players who may be the biggest NFL difference-makers when all is said and done. We continue this year’s series with Baylor receiver Kendall Wright, who was a lot more than just Robert Griffin III’s primary target over the last two seasons. In 2008 and 2009, when he was catching as many passes from Blake Szymanski and Kirby Freeman as he was from the consensus second overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, Wright still showed that he was a playmaker, leading the Bears in receptions for four straight seasons. But when Griffin topped out in 2011, Wright was right there with him, catching 108 passes for 1,663 yards (a 15.4 per-catch average) and 14 touchdowns. A less than stellar combine (we’ll get to that later) overshadowed his game tape to some, but Wright was determined to make good, and he did so at his Pro Day, timing out at 4.41 and 4.46 in the 40-yard dash. Wright’s 4,004 career receiving yards is the school’s record by a crushing margin — 1,300 yards more than any predecessor. He may be 5-foot-10 and just 198 pounds, but he brings characteristics of bigger receivers to the table — he has a vertical leap of 42 inches, and he’s squatted 550 pounds before. When you add it all up, except for a bad combine and a few schematic limitations, it’s kind of surprising that more people aren’t talking about Kendall Wright as a top of the first round player and potentially dominant impact weapon in the NFL — especially since the NFL is leaning very much in the direction of Wright’s best position on the field. Pros: Wright has the speed to line up outside and torch most of the best cornerbacks in straight-line races or on the boundary, but where he really shines is as an explosive slot receiver. Not only is he incredibly quick to the point on quick slants and crosses, but he’s very tough when he gets the ball over the middle — he doesn’t fear traffic at all. Has at least one extra gear and can absolutely peel away from potential tacklers. Gets from a start-and-stop to top speed very quickly. Terrifically elusive in the open field; you’ll frequently see Wright juke deep defenders right out of position and keep running. Has rare lateral explosiveness in space and will make DBs look like they’re standing still to get to the sideline and upfield. Former standout basketball player can high-point the ball in ways that negate the advantage defenders would have over other 5-foot-10 receivers. On comebacks, Wright catches the ball cleanly, gets his body turned immediately, and it’s off to the races again. Tremendous quickness on last-second cuts — he’s a nightmare to cover on dig routes, quick ins and outs, and comebacks because he can get free from blanket coverage at the right time. Always has an eye for the ball, even when he’s not the target. Caught a touchdown pass against Oklahoma last season that was actually a deflection off another receiver’s hands. Has the potential to destroy zone coverage because he’ll just split through the spaces and beat the corner/safety combo downfield in ways that bring Randy Moss with the 2007 Patriots to mind. Surprisingly good blocker — in fact, the physical nature of his play is the thing people don’t talk about with Wright, but it really does show up on tape. Cons: In Baylor’s wide-open offense, Wright didn’t face a lot of press coverage — he wasn’t re-distributed a lot and was able to use his speed to its best advantage. He could get beaten up as he’s not used to at the next level, which could take some adjusting — another reason I think he’d be an ideal slot receiver at the next level. Prone to drops at times (small hands) and doesn’t always adjust to off-throws at an elite level. To put it mildly, Wright’s combine was a severe disappointment. I wrote the pool report on him from Lucas Oil Stadium, and I was shocked at how slow and chunky he looked. For a speed receiver, Wright looked bigger than he should have — too thick around the trunk especially. His unofficial 4.61 40 was matched by the fact that he looked much slower on the field at Lucas Oil Stadium than he ever did on Baylor tape. He came out of the blocks all over the place on his 40 — he didn’t look quite as slow as his time represented, but his overall performance was a disappointment … His best catch of the say was the long seam route, which shouldn’t be a surprise, since that’s the route he killed everyone with in college. He did have nice hand catches in both gauntlets, but he was very wavy on the line; he couldn’t keep himself straight. He seems like a player who’s used to outrunning his mistakes. Wright adjusted to an overthrow inside on the short cut route. He rounded of his route a bit, though it wasn’t the worst route he ran all day. The 10-yard out-and-up was more of a problem — he has a tendency to round off his routes, or start and stop instead of slamming a speed cut. He had another stutter-step on the 13-yard dig, though he made a good adjustment catch. He had decent speed on the deep route on the numbers, but couldn’t catch an overthrow by Kellen Moore (yes, an overthrow by Kellen Moore. Believe it!) It was a very atypical performance, and though he redeemed himself to a point at his Pro Day, Wright surely fell in the eyes of some talent evaluators, There are some players who probably would have been better off failing a drug test at the combine than showing up out of shape, because it negates their efforts so severely on that most important stage. Teams that go back to the game tape will find the re-affirmation they need — Wright is a speed demon and a great football player with a lot to offer. Conclusion: As NFL passing games expand, and the league realizes the importance of meeting spread offense concepts halfway, the slot receiver in multi-receiver sets has become a position of paramount importance. In 2011, the New York Giants led the league in three-receiver sets, and speed slot receiver Victor Cruz was the gamebreaker of Eli Manning’s dreams. Cruz went undrafted, but what he’s done to defenses in forcing nickel and dime coverages with his ability to shoot up the seam and scare safeties to death is a point of study in other front offices. It’s a chicken-or-egg question — has the slot corner increased in importance because of the expanded slot receiver concept, or is it the other way around? No matter — it’s a copycat league, and th Super Bowl champions did Kendall Wright a very big favor by making his ideal position that much more valuable. He’s projected as a mid-to-late first-round pick in most mocks, but there’s at least one player every year taken far earlier than people expect. This year, Kendall Wright could very well be that guy. There are times when he’ll remind you of DeSean Jackson and Steve Smith, but for now, it’s best to comp Wright with the guy who’s probably going to make him a lot of money. Pro Comparison: Victor Cruz, New York Giants More Shutdown 50:#13: Courtney Upshaw, OLB, Alabama | #14: Quinton Coples, DE, North Carolina | #15: Ryan Tannehill, QB, Texas A & M| #16: Luke Kuechly, LB, Boston College | #17: Michael Floyd, WR, Notre Dame | #18: Dre Kirkpatrick, CB, Alabama | #19: Mark Barron, S, Alabama | #20: Cordy Glenn, OL, Georgia | #21: Riley Reiff, OT, Iowa | #22: Coby Fleener, TE, Stanford| #23: Devon Still, DT, Penn State | #24: Janoris Jenkins, CB, North Alabama| #25: Jerel Worthy, DT, Michigan State| #26: Nick Perry, DE, USC| #27: Alfonzo Dennard, CB, Nebraska| #28: Dontari Poe, DT/DE, Memphis | #29: Whitney Mercilus, OLB/DE, Illinois | #30: Brandon Thompson, DT, Clemson| #31, Dwayne Allen, TE, Clemson| #32: Jonathan Martin, OT, Stanford| #33: Bobby Massie, OT, Mississippi| #34: Andre Branch, DE/OLB, Clemson | #35: Dont’a Hightower, ILB, Alabama | #36: Chandler Jones, DE, Syracuse| #37: Stephen Hill, WR, Georgia Tech| #38: Vinny Curry, DE, Marshall| #39: Doug Martin, RB, Boise State | #40 : Mohamed Sanu, WR, Rutgers| #41: Zach Brown, OLB, North Carolina| #42: Lavonte David, OLB, Nebraska| #43: Jared Crick, DE/DT, Nebraska| #44: Alshon Jeffrey, WR, South Carolina | #45: Kirk Cousins, QB, Michigan State| #46: Orson Charles, TE, Georgia| #47: Lamar Miller, RB, Miami| #48: Shea McClellin, OLB/DE, Boise State| #49: Rueben Randle, WR, LSU | #50: Jonathan Massaqoui, OLB/DE, Troy

The Texas Open provided suspense and three riveting storylines – even if you didn’t care (Yahoo! Sports)

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The Texas Open provided suspense and three riveting storylines – even if you didn’t care (Yahoo! Sports)
To paraphrase the late, great Robert F. Kennedy, who may indeed have been a golf fan: Some look at a Ben Curtis-John Huh-Matt Every showdown at the Valero Texas Open, and say, “Why?” I look at a Curtis-Huh-Every showdown at TPC San Antonio and say, “Why not?” Not every low-wattage PGA Tour stop is created equal. When Carl Pettersson moon-walked to victory at Hilton Head last week, it counted as a certifiable snoozer. There was no competition, and Pettersson is a guy who already owned four PGA Tour wins, only cementing his status as a winner on tour. In San Antonio, by contrast, we had three storylines worth our while, even if CBS viewed the event so un-newsworthy that network executives gave Jim Nantz and Nick Faldo a week off. • Storyline 1: The case of Curtis, author of what is still the most improbable major championship win in the Tiger era. Amazingly, nearly a decade after that miracle at the 2003 British Open, Curtis hasn’t faded into oblivion despite the fact that some would say he existed in oblivion even as he won at Sandwich and even after two more wins in 2006. Curtis’ win in San Antonio ended a six-year drought, earned him exempt PGA status for the next two years (something he did not own prior) and caused sports fans everywhere to wonder: Ben Curtis? Where have I heard that name before? Did I go to high school with that guy? • Storyline 2: The case of Huh, the 21-year-old rookie who only got a driver’s license this year and already has a win, albeit in the Mayakoba Golf Classic in Mexico, one of those lesser-field events played while the big boys play a World Golf Championship event, in this case it was the Accenture Match Play Championship. Huh is not only a headline-writer/bad pun user’s dream for his unusual last name – “Who Won? Huh?” – but also is a talent to watch. He barreled into the back nine on Sunday in the hunt after shooting a shocking 44 on his front nine Thursday. Contending to win after an 8-over start? Huh? • Storyline 3: The case of Every, the brash 29-year-old former prodigy from the University of Florida, who once won the Ben Hogan Award as the nation’s top amateur and later gained fame for a mix-up involving alleged marijuana possession in 2010. Cleared of the charge, Every was suspended 90 days by the tour anyway. Since then, he’s carried the mantel of a rebel, enhanced by a tense interview with The Golf Channel back in January when he held the 54-hole lead in Hawaii, and by his combative declaration to the press corps that even though he didn’t possess the weed in the arrest, “I know more people who smoke marijuana than don’t.” Fitting, isn’t it, that Every contended to win in a week that contained the date, 4/20? Hey, now. Every continued his unusual ways with the media by telling The Golf Channel after his Thursday 63 that he is “cool” with missing a cut every now and then, “because it gives me the weekend off.” This calls to mind the great Thomas Edison quote: “Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 40 percent perspiration, and 59 percent taking the odd weekend off.” If Every won, would he be the PGA Tour’s first officially certified slacker winner? In sum, three good stories. I was riveted, even if you weren’t. Curtis won by two strokes on the strength of a 22-foot, par-saving putt on 17 and a final-hole birdie. He then continued a tradition started by Masters winner Bubba Watson and fought back tears in his CBS interview with David Feherty. While part of me felt touched by Curtis’ greeting to his two kids and wife back home in Ohio – and could only imagine the triumph he felt at his first tour win in six years (2045 days to be exact), still relevant after all these years – the other part of me wanted to gather Bubba and Ben and all the other weepers out there and give them the ol’ Don Corleone “You can act LIKE A MAN!” speech, delivered sternly to the weepy Johnny Fontaine in “The Godfather.” Curtis’ tale of victory in Texas resonates. I was lucky enough to cover that ’03 British Open and still remember the shock waves coursing through the press tent when Curtis’ final-round 69 stood up. Tiger Woods could have won that Open Championship, but he made three bogeys on the back nine. Thomas Bjorn could have won, but he blew a three-shot lead with four holes to play. Curtis won it while on the practice range, watching the last golfers come in, none of them besting the 396th-ranked player in the world. It was mind-blowing to consider that a guy who qualified for the British Open only by finishing tied for 13th at the Western Open two weeks prior would hear the words “Champion Golfer of the Year” to describe him. Perhaps just as mind-blowing was hearing the words “Hooters Tour” and “Champion Golfer of the Year” used in the same news dispatches, since that mini-tour was the site of Curtis’ only previous wins. Hard to imagine the Royal and Ancient suits knocking back wings and pitchers, indeed. Still plying his trade in 2012, Curtis carried an unusual status. He was nonexempt on the PGA Tour as a money finisher between 126 and 150, able to play only when a spot opened. Curtis did, however, hold fully exempt status on the European Tour because of his ’03 British win. But for a Midwesterner with a wife and two young kids in Ohio, the idea of earning Marriott points in Qatar isn’t so romantic. So, the win in Texas is huge for Curtis. It earns him the two-year exemption in the United States, gives him his fourth career win and keeps the Ben Curtis story alive. And you call him a fluke? Huh? Scorecard of the week 65-68-65-74 – 16-under 272, Lee Westwood, winner, Asian Tour Indonesian Masters, Royal Jakarta Golf Club, Jakarta, Indonesia Don’t want to diminish Westwood’s title defense in steamy Indonesia, but the list of the names pursuing Westwood on the leaderboard might only provide inspiration for false monikers if you’re ever on the lam from the law. What, you’re intimately familiar with the Asian Tour legend and Indonesian Masters runner-up Thaworn Wiratchant? Granted, Wiratchant has won 12 times on the Asian Tour and apparently has a legendarily odd swing, but the 45-year-old has played in one major, finishing 31st at Royal Liverpool in the 2006 British Open. He also rocked a world ranking of 202 entering the Indonesian Masters. Even Ben Curtis might say: “Thaworn Who?” The only name I recognized who made the cut was Thongchai Jaidee, who has at least qualified for 12 majors and made it to the quarterfinals of the 2010 Accenture Match Play Championship. Jaidee finished 29th on Sunday. The highest-finishing American was Berry Henson, a Southern California kid who went to the University of San Diego, notched a win on the Asian Development Tour and another on the Asian Tour. He finished 10th. Ben Curtis dons a pair of ceremonial cowboy boots after winning the Valero Texas Open. (AFP)Strength of field joking aside, attention must be paid to Westwood for grinding out 32 holes on Sunday – the third round was weather delayed – in that outdoor sauna known as Royal Jakarta. He admitted to feeling the heat of competition and feeling “zapped” by trying to hang on while making three bogeys on his back nine. I didn’t see any video to confirm how Westwood handled the sweat factor, but if I’m playing 32 holes in one day in Indonesia, I’m putting the over/under on shirts changed at 32. It’s global win No. 38 for Westwood, who despite his bridesmaid status at so many majors, remains in my mind an intriguing pick for June’s U.S. Open at San Francisco’s Olympic Club, a golf course that rewards precise iron play, perhaps Westwood’s greatest strength. Broadcast moment of the week “How refreshing is it to see a player ready to hit, and just going ahead and doing it? … He has two speeds: warp and light.” – David Feherty, CBS, Valero Texas Open, praising Matt Every’s quick pace of play. There is something to any athlete performing his craft with alacrity and skill. Take, for example, baseball. When the Boston Red Sox play the New York Yankees, pace of play turns labored. Attention spans shrivel and die. The brain begins to atrophy. Drool spills down the shirt, causing a mess. Conversely, when Greg Maddux pitched for the Atlanta Braves, his got-a-plane-to-catch pace made his work mesmerizingly efficient: Get signal from catcher. Nod. Rock. Fire. Get ball back from catcher. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. It works. Something fundamental in our brains connects with the act of an athlete trusting his natural instincts, and blending his skill set with the natural flow of the athletic act. Otherwise? Borrrring! Same goes with golf. When a player quickly gets his club and yardage, approaches his golf ball and strikes it quickly and crisply, you enjoy the process. You don’t feel the stop-and-start of a slow player screwing up your rhythm as a golf fan. Slow play can be like an awkward conversation, lacking pace. I know this from my many failed dates in high school and college. Quick play is seamless, natural. Every is quick, to be sure. Mostly, it was a blast to watch. Of course, this praise of his quick play would hold more heft if Every didn’t rush a 4-footer for birdie on the 16th hole, not even bothering to read the putt or take a practice stroke. His chance to tie for the lead raced by the hole. Maybe there’s such a thing as too quick? Mulligan of the week So, while on the topic … A win by Every would have been fascinating, if only for the post-round press conference. Who knows what the Charles Barkley of the PGA Tour would have said? And he had a real chance to get it, too. His front-nine 33 pushed him into contention, but two bogeys on the back nine had him wobbling, one shot back of Curtis. Every’s tee shot on 16, however, was true. Struck with purity, it landed inside 5 feet from the flagstick. But when it came time to bury the putt, Every’s speed betrayed him. With Feherty noting the lack of a practice stroke or true read, Every shoved that putt past the hole. No birdie, no win. Let’s go back to that 16th green, tell Every to take two more nanoseconds before hitting the putt and … give that man a mulligan! Where do we go from here? Next up is New Orleans and the return of globally famous Bubba Watson, the Masters champion fresh off his whirlwind media blitz. He made David Letterman laugh, told Piers Morgan on CNN that Morgan had been a jerk on “America’s Got Talent” and wept when he gave Tim Tebow his No. 15 Masters badge. Other than that, it has been a quiet April for Bubba. [ Related: Bubba Watson's young son gets his very own Masters green jacket ] It’s back to the grind now for Watson, and back to defending titles. He won at New Orleans last year when Webb Simpson endured the agony of a penalty stroke for a wind-blown golf ball after address, a rule that has since been changed. Maybe Simpson, one of the nicest guys on tour, can jack up the intensity by announcing to the press corps that Bubba’s win in New Orleans last year should come with an asterisk. Perhaps start calling him, “Asterisk Boy,” just to spice things up? Naw. Probably not. Consider Watson’s career since his first win, the playoff win at the Travelers in Connecticut in June 2010. In 39 starts, including the Travelers, Watson has four wins, including the Masters, and a playoff loss at the 2010 PGA Championship. We are talking about an elite player on a serious run, including a second at Doral this year, a tie for fourth at Bay Hill and a tie for fifth at Torrey Pines, where he also won in 2011. Rightfully, he’s the highest-ranked American in the world, at No. 4. Interestingly, two of the three players ahead of him in the rankings – Luke Donald (No. 2) and Westwood (No. 3) – have never won a major. The boys will be gunning for Bubba. It’s a good field, too, including Donald, Justin Rose, Keegan Bradley, Nick Watney and Ernie Els. Still no Tiger, Phil or Rory, and those gentlemen aren’t due back until Quail Hollow the first week of May. But as Curtis-Every-Huh proved Sunday, who needs those also-rans anyway? Other popular content on Yahoo! Sports:• Larry Brown loses cool line on résumé with SMU hire• Roundtable: Which players will live up to their NFL draft hype – and which won’t?• Philip Humber delivers on promise at last with perfect game | Photos