LITTLE ROCK — Obama’s game not that rough
Tiger Woods delivered a “State of the Game” on President Barack Obama’s golfing prowess, and the news wasn’t all bad.
“If he ever spent - after these four years - spent more time playing the game of golf, I’m sure he could get to where he’s a pretty good stick,” Woods said Wednesday in Marana, Ariz.
Woods played golf Sunday with Obama at the Floridian in Palm City, Fla. It was the second time Woods has played with a sitting U.S. president. He once played with former President Bill Clinton at The Alotian Club in Roland.
“Playing with Mr. President was pretty cool,” he said. “He’s just a wonderful person to be around.”
Woods doesn’t use “Mr.” with hardly anyone. In fact, he has a nickname for most people in golf. He’ll shorten the surname (“Poults” for Poulter, “ Stricks”for Steve Stricker) or simply add a “y” to their name (“Rosey” for Justin Rose).
And what name did he use for the leader of the free world?
“Partner,” Woods said with a smile.
It takes practice
From Brad Dickson of The Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald on the NCAA finding internal problems with its investigation of the Miami Hurricanes: “Hasn’t the NCAA investigated Miami enough by now to avoid these kinds of errors?” Hoop dreams
Do you want to know what your favorite NBA team says about you?
SportsPickle.com has it covered.
Here are a few favorites:
“Charlotte Bobcats: You can’t imagine anyone worse than Michael Jordan.”
“Chicago Bulls: You can’t imagine anyone better than Michael Jordan.”
“Dallas Mavericks: The only countries you like are Texas and Germany.”
“Indiana Pacers: You like basketball, but Butler and Indiana Hoosiers tickets are too expensive.”
“Los Angeles Clippers: People don’t like eating dinner with youanymore because the only way you pass anything is by lob.”
“Los Angeles Lakers: You don’t understand why you can’t exchange your Lakers tickets for Clippers tickets. It’s the same exact arena, just different nights!
Come on! What’s the difference?!”
“Portland Trail Blazers: You don’t mind never winning anything because parades and confetti are bad for the environment.”
“Sacramento Kings: You can’t respect a city that would take another city’s team. Unless Sacramento has a chance to take another city’s team in the future, in which case you’ll be totally cool with that.” Fighting words
A couple of excerpts from ultimate fighter Ronda Rousey’s interview Tuesday with John Frankel on HBO’s Real Sports:
Asked if she likes hurting her opponent: “No, but it’s a fight.
We’re not baking cakes for each other. You know, I didn’t go in there to make a pie.”
Asked why she wouldn’t appear in Playboy: “No one should be able to see my cash and prizes for $5, OK? I don’t care how much money they gave me.”Quote of the day “He can play inside, outside. He can bring the ball up the court
sometimes. Of course, he
can rebound and defend and block shots. He
brings a lot of things to
the table and makes us a lot better team.” Arkansas guard BJ Young on teammate Coty Clarke
Sports, Pages 21 on 02/20/2013