Drinking from trophies: An original idea?
Hardly.
Just this year there have been reports of Zach Johnson and family quaffing soda, wine, champagne, beer and water out of the claret jug he received for winning the British Open, not to mention sticking an ear of corn from his native Iowa in the thing (which he swears he didn't actually eat). Jordan Spieth flew home from Scotland with Johnson and also drank out of the jug.
Rory McIlroy opted for Jagermeister after he won the British Open in 2014. The year before, one of Phil Mickelson's friends reportedly poured a $40,000 bottle of wine into the jug.
"One of the things that I stressed is that we have to treat the claret jug with reverence and respect that it deserves and only put good stuff in it," Mickelson said during the week of his title defense in 2014.
Jason Day also believes in treating golf's major trophies with respect. That is why he says he won't treat his newly won Wanamaker Trophy as some sort of glorified Slurpee cup.
Last week Day made the PGA Championship his first major victory, winning by three strokes at Whistling Straits. During a conference call Wednesday, he said the trophy is going straight into the trophy cabinet.
"[It] apparently has not had any sort of liquid in it, and I don't plan to," he said. "I just respect the trophy too much to put anything in it."
McMahon's take
With the eyes of the world seemingly fixated on every move by the New England Patriots and Coach Bill Belichick, there are plenty of opinions.
Those who have been in similar situations have their own point of view.
That includes former Super Bowl winning quarterback Jim McMahon. Once a thorn in the NFL's side for his outspoken ways as a member of the Chicago Bears, McMahon still doesn't hold back. And he still holds a personal grudge against Belichick.
"Anything that has to do with Bill Belichick, I can care less," McMahon said on the Dan Patrick Show. "I was with Bill in Cleveland in 1995. He lied to my face."
According to McMahon, Belichick told him during the 1995 preseason that he would be waived and picked up shortly afterward and would be paid for the time he wasn't with the team. McMahon agreed, but he wasn't paid. He eventually signed with Green Bay, where he played a single game in 1995.
"I wouldn't have moved to Cleveland just to move to Cleveland," he said. "I just don't trust any of those guys."
Patrick asked McMahon point-blank if he thought Belichick was a cheater.
"I know he's a liar," McMahon said. "Cheating ain't far behind, I wouldn't think."
Unique offer
Western Michigan made walk-on Trevor Sweeney work for his scholarship offer this week by strapping it to a football and kicking it to him across the field.
The junior running back recovered the ball and discovered the letter as his teammates surrounded him.
"Sweeney, I couldn't be prouder to award you and your family a full-ride scholarship," the letter read.
QUIZ
What spot did the Chicago Bears draft Jim McMahon in 1982?
ANSWER
McMahon was drafted with the fifth pick of the first round.
Sports on 08/22/2015