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  • #16
    Bryce Harper!

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    • #17
      Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
      Tiger Woods, by far.

      No other athlete is under more scrutiny. And if he doesn't win another one, his final legacy will be a huge porn-addled, washed-up, has-been, mentally spent asterisk. The final chapter will be one of failure.

      He absolutely has to win another major to be able to rest in peace.

      Nobody sits around debating the legacy of Derrick Rose or Carmelo Anthony. Those guys are clowns, bro.
      I'm reading the Hank Haney book. These are some things he wrote that make me wonder if Tiger will ever win another major:

      During the month he spent at a Mississippi clinic, I didn’t hear from him. I received texted updates and reports from Mark and Tiger’s longtime friend Bryon Bell, but they had their hands full with the aftermath of the scandal, and there were no details. I heard only that Tiger was OK, but that he wasn’t taking any calls as he underwent treatment.

      After Tiger got out of inpatient treatment in early February, he called me at home in Dallas. He sounded better and was more forthcoming. He described his therapy as “horrible, the worst experience I’ve ever been through” and “the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” be he didn’t offer any details. When I asked about Elin, who’d participated in some couples therapy with him, he said, “We’re trying. But I don’t know if she is buying all this stuff.” He added, “She wants me to not play golf for two years. Right now, I don’t know.” The call lasted about ten minutes.



      I’d never seen Tiger meditate or talk about Buddhism, but the ideals made sense. Tiger seemed to be talking about a radical change, which made me wonder about how altering the Package would affect his golf. Tiger’s intense sense of mission when he played gave him his fire, his focus, and his incredible ability to find something extra at the most urgent moments. For all the success this had given him, what if that mission had helped mess up his life? If Tiger was asking himself that question, was he going to be reluctant to keep putting his whole identity on the line when he played? If golf didn’t mean as much to him anymore, then he’d probably win less often.



      Tiger was definitely subdued. Our usual topics of conversation on the practice range might be the latest tour gossip or some development involving another player, but there was none of that. He seemed to be carrying himself gingerly, like a person who’s been beaten up. It hit me that for six weeks he’d been in a confined, highly controlled place with expert counselors who know how to break a person down. He might have been the toughest patient thy ever faced, but there’d been an effect. I wondered about a loss of self-confidence and what all that therapy would do to his killer instinct. I actually flashed on the sensation I got as a kid the first time I watched The Wizard of Oz and saw the curtain being pulled back.

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      • #18
        Andy Murray.
        Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss

        There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock

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        • #19
          Originally posted by DrumNFeather View Post
          This was a topic on Mike & Mike a few days ago. Now that LeBron has won the title, who, in any sport, is under the most pressure to win a title?

          One submission was Tony Romo for the NFL and the NBA fans said Carmello and Dwight Howard. For hockey it is probably Alex Ovetchkin here in Washington.

          Who else do you think now has the most pressure to win a championship?
          Luckily not Patrick Kane of Jonathan Toews
          As I lead this army, make room for mistakes and depression
          --Kendrick Lamar

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Donuthole View Post
            Andy Murray.
            Bump.
            Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss

            There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock

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            • #21
              The first thought that came to my mind was Tiger, because he was such a shoe in to break that record and now it feels like he couldn't be further from it.
              Will donate kidney for B12 membership.

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              • #22
                You can run from me but you cant hide, Ovechkin!
                Fitter. Happier. More Productive.

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                  You can run from me but you cant hide, Ovechkin!
                  I just hope he returns to the Caps and isn't found in a river somewhere.
                  "They're good. They've always been good" - David Shaw.

                  Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by DrumNFeather View Post
                    I just hope he returns to the Caps and isn't found in a river somewhere.
                    I don't think it is insane to claim that he is in actual physical danger.
                    As I lead this army, make room for mistakes and depression
                    --Kendrick Lamar

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by mpfunk View Post
                      I don't think it is insane to claim that he is in actual physical danger.
                      Did Ovechkin eff up in some specific way or is it just that he lost?
                      I'm like LeBron James.
                      -mpfunk

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by smokymountainrain View Post
                        Did Ovechkin eff up in some specific way or is it just that he lost?
                        He didn't score.

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                        As I lead this army, make room for mistakes and depression
                        --Kendrick Lamar

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by mpfunk View Post
                          I don't think it is insane to claim that he is in actual physical danger.
                          I certainly wouldn't stick around for the closing ceremony.
                          "They're good. They've always been good" - David Shaw.

                          Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

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                          • #28
                            Ovechkin!
                            Fitter. Happier. More Productive.

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                              Ovechkin!
                              Yo. Sup?
                              "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                              "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                              "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                                Ovechkin!
                                Take him off that "Bet to never win one" list!
                                "They're good. They've always been good" - David Shaw.

                                Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

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