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data-mm-id=”_ggqwsznz5″>Sometimes in life, expectations don't match reality. When it comes to Tiger Woods' handicap, they actually exceed them. Thanks to our favorite self-proclaimed "golf stat pro" Lou Stagner, we now know what Woods' USGA index has been since he said "hello world" in 1996 and turned pro. It started out at a +5.1 (oh my!), got all the way up to a +9.4 (holy crap!) in 2008, slipped to a +3.7 (still, incredibly good) in 2015 when he was dealing with back and chipping issues and is currently a +6.5 (we back!). ???Question:What does Tiger's USGA index look like for his career?Answer:Pretty Pretty GoodFrightening when you consider this wasn't adjusted for tour conditions. It would be 2-3 shots better if it was. He was a +7 or be…

data-mm-id=”_176bkbfv5″>The Jacksonville Jaguars have taken a detour to irrelevancy after a poor call prevented them from making the Super Bowl not so long ago. Releasing running back Leonard Fournette this morning signaled that the quest for answers is nowhere near its termination point. All future options appear to be on the table and, at this point, going in a bold direction may be the best course.Still, Mike Tannenbaum going on Get Up to suggest bringing in both Dabo Swinney and Trevor Lawrence from Clemson to fix everything seems a bit far-fetched. Even more far-fetched is the idea that such a situation, in Tannenbaum's words, would be perfect. ““There’s a lot of speculation in the league that Dabo Swinney, who has been on the short list of multiple head coaching searches…

data-mm-id=”_wpc3j98it”>Jimmy Butler is who Jimmy Butler tried to tell everyone Jimmy Butler is. He's the kind of player who can go out there against one of the best players of all-time on the biggest stage in basketball and give you one of the best performances ever. Literally.According to game score, a statistic which accounts for everything a player does, Jimmy Butler's performance was the second-best NBA finals game played since complete box scores were available (1984). https://t.co/ejUVNNkUtX pic.twitter.com/RDqiHcAuQL— Bryan Armen Graham (@BryanAGraham) October 5, 2020There are zero flukes on that list. No random decent player going off. LeBron, Jordan, Shaq, Magic, Barkley, Worthy, Iverson, and future Hall of Famers Curry, KD, Draymond and Tim Duncan. If the Heat wi…

data-mm-id=”_lhd21lwac”>NBA ratings are up 34 percent this year. Or so the league says. The NBA PR team released Nielsen ratings for this season compared to the opening stretch of last year's games and things are looking up. Per Forbes: “NBA viewership for nationally televised broadcasts on TNT, ESPN and ABC through the Martin Luther King Jr. Day tripleheader is up 34% over the comparable 27-game period from last season, an average of 2.0 million per game versus 1.49 million, according to Nielsen Media Research data released by the league on Thursday.”As Andrew Marchand helpfully notes, however, this number is a bit misleading. Attention NBA/media reporters: Before you parrot the national NBA ratings release that says they are way up.The comparison NBA PR is making includes the Ch…

data-mm-id=”_wh7f1qbhv”>This year's Stanley Cup matchup between the Tampa Bay Lightening and Colorado Avalanche has been a torrid affair with goals being scored left and right. It's unusual because, like in most other sports, players are usually gassed by the end of the postseason and the best defenses usually rise to the occasion. That is true in the larger sense; the NHL postseason is not prone to big scoring games because everybody on the ice is going 100 percent at all times and goals are tough to come by. That doesn't mean such games disappear completely. Here are the highest-scoring NHL playoff games in Stanley Cup history. Find all NHL tickets at our trusted ticket partner TicketSmarter.com today.1982– Los Angeles Kings 10, Edmonton Oilers 8 An absolute barnbur…

data-mm-id=”_t5pk8cwhc”>Donald Trump is an avid golfer and pretty damn good at it because he has a 2.8 handicap, per a 2019 Golf Digest report. But golf is a very difficult game and even those with a reported 19 club championships to their name can have a misfire. There's no shortage of footage of the former president playing before his time in office, during, and since. The latest, though, stands out because someone else on the course was able to catch a bit of a blooper. The clip shows Trump lining up a little wedge into the green and missing his mark by just a bit in the form of pushing it wide right. Of course, we don't know the course or the way the complex works there so there's always a chance coming in from over there provides a more advantageous angle. Trumps we…

data-mm-id=”_o7myfi4zj”>Donald Trump is currently on trial for civil fraud in New York. He shows up most days so that he can in turn hold court for the press and often takes the time to complain to his audience about his other ongoing court cases. On Wednesday he explained that the civil trial was a huge inconvenience as the trial was keeping him from campaigning in some key states before immediately admitting he wouldn't be attending court the rest of the week because he's hosting a golf tournament in Florida. Trump: They want to keep me here instead of campaigning in Iowa… They want me to be here*3 minutes later*Reporter: Will you be back tomorrow?Trump: Probably not. We’re having a very big professional golf tournament at Doral, so probably not pic.twitter.com/l8TUIbAS…

data-mm-id=”_w2fxywq5o”>Aaron Rodgers was in the news again this morning as reports emerged that the New York Jets quarterback would be medically cleared to return to live practice this upcoming week. While we'll have to wait and see if he'll come back to play with the team far, far out of the playoff picture (he won't), the Jets still played today and Rodgers was posted up on the sideline with a headset. Things did not go well for Gang Green. The Miami Dolphins destroyed them in the first half despite missing Tyreek Hill, putting up 24 points in the opening two quarters. The Jets scored zero points, and it was worse than even that can convey. Taking sacks into account the offense accounted for a grand total of four yards. In two full quarters of football! It was a heino…

data-mm-id=”_5r9zgjpj6″>Today is Super Tuesday which means voters went to the polls to make their voices heard. Of course, for some voters, that wasn't enough so they made their voices heard even more by speaking to various cable news personalities throughout town. As usual, Fox News sent Will Cain to a diner to talk to people during breakfast. That's when he broke the news to one woman in Allen, Texas that Michelle Obama would not run for president (What?). Expressing relief, she then took a shot at Nikki Haley's electability. When Fox gets outfoxed by their guestFox & Friends diner guest: "I wouldn't vote for a woman, and especially — Nikki Haley, I'm just going to say this, she's probably menopausal, we don't need that"Will Cain: &#0…

data-mm-id=”_q1ytp2nmo”>In between selling out stadiums around the world, working on new music and convincing Travis Kelce to do something that Patrick Mahomes couldn’t, Taylor Swift has found the time to add a new item to her personal playbook. Speaking with NBC's Chris Simms ahead of next week's season kickoff, Mahomes revealed that Swift has been drawing up plays for the Chiefs. And, according to the 28-year-old star quarterback, Kansas City head coach Andy Reid may have to call one this season. "Meeting Taylor, realizing how genuine and cool she is. I think that's been special to me because she's, like you said, the most famous person in the world, she could not be [more genuine]," Mahomes said. "And she's really interested in football…