THE WRITING ON (AND OFF) THE WALL OF BREAKING RECORDS, WINDOWS.Byline: TOM HOFFARTH The Tiger Slam. The Grand Achievement. The Newest Impregnable Quadrilateral quadrilateral having four sides. . ``It's a miracle It's a Miracle was a television show that aired on PAX-TV (now Independent Television) between September 6, 1998 and September 1, 2004.[1] Initially hosted by Richard Thomas[2], and later by Roma Downey, [3] ,'' Ken Venturi said of Sunday's truncated telecast. Really, it's all quite impressive, whatever you decide to call bagging four majors in a row. But for as long as the game has been played, for all its history and brilliance and shotmaking and imagination and dogwoods and azaleas, the one thing you gotta be most impressed with Kid Woods is how he can knock the glass out of three windows on three consecutive swings in those Nike commercials. Now, that's somethin' special ... --So, he's obviously mastered this game. When's Tiger gonna try baseball? ... --There's still no excuse for CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. having to join the final round an hour after the final twosome had teed off. By the time TV got around to documenting it, a third, David Duval, had not only joined them atop the leaderboard lead·er·board n. A board that displays the leaders in a competition. leaderboard Noun a board displaying the current scores of the leading competitors, esp in a golf tournament , but was the best darned story of the day with his glorious start. Thank the golf gods for the Internet. ... --You gotta at least try the Psycho Grip on the greens today. ... --Luc Robitaille vs. Chris Chelios. Let's get it on. ... --No. 2 swinger Mark Grudz has found a more effective way to move the runners over. ... --First shocker shock·er n. One that startles, shocks, or horrifies, as a sensational story or novel. Noun 1. shocker - a shockingly bad person bad person - a person who does harm to others 2. of the early baseball season: Angels put Ismael Valdes on the DL with a split fingernail fin·ger·nail n. The nail on a finger. . Second shocker: Angels haven't signed Ramon Martinez yet. ... --At least Jose Canseco would be hitting .176 from the DH hole with some flair. ... --Which is the best baseball park to get liquored up in, Coors Field, Miller Park or Busch Stadium? ... --Nice to see Prince N. Hamed finally follow in the footsteps of the other clown prince, Jorge Paez. ... --The World Team Tennis' St. Louis Aces The St. Louis Aces are a professional tennis team in the city of St. Louis. They entered the World TeamTennis League in 1994, and won the WTT Championship title two years later. The Aces play their home matches at the Dwight Davis Tennis Center in Forest Park, located on St. carefully selected Anna Kournikova with the first pick of their little draft last week. Which begs the question: Why is there no L.A. franchise, and whatever happened to the Strings? ... --``He Hate Me,'' we hardly knew ye. ... --Are those UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX recruits sure it was Steve Lavin who made the unauthorized visits and not Kevin Malone? ... --Bruiser Flint, new Drexel basketball coach, sounds more suited for Michigan State football. ... --Hideo Nomo has more career no-hitters than Tom Seaver, Grover Cleveland Alexander Alexander was born in Elba, Nebraska. , Three Fingers Brown, Dizzy Dean, Don Drysdale, Lefty Gomez, Lefty Grove, Early Wynn, Satchel Paige, Whitey Ford, Steve Carlton and Don Sutton combined. Seaver had one, the others none. ... --On Baseball America's list of the most powerful people in baseball, agent Scott Boras ranks two spots ahead of Dodgers owner Rupert Murdoch. ... --The Mets' Kevin Appier would be happier, if you just added an ``H'' to his name. ... --Pat O'Hara, the former USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. q-back trying to keep his career alive in the Arena League for Toronto, has a 19-month-old son named Tyler. Know who he's named after? The character (Tyler Cherubini) played by O'Hara in the Oliver Stone film ``Any Given Sunday.'' ... --Gray Davis with glasses is Orel Hershiser. ... --If Christian Laettner's donation of $1 million to his former high school and Steve Smith's $3 million to his college alma mater starts some kind of trend, so be it. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Tiger Woods has done what even the great Arnold Palmer, left, and Jack Nicklaus couldn't accomplish, holding all four major championships at the same time. Associated Press |
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