Three things you need to know today.
NFL preseason: Are you ready for some football? Earlier this summer, with the NFL owners and players in a labor dispute, there was worry we'd be waiting for college games to begin to answer that question.
But with the league's labor agreement July 25, training camps were able to begin and tonight we get the NFL's first preseason games. The Jaguars are at the Patriots; the Ravens visit the Eagles; the Seahawks travel to the Chargers in an ESPN game; the Broncos are at the Cowboys; and the Cardinals visit the Raiders.
Ten more teams will kick off their preseason schedule Friday.
Even as games begin, SI.com reports that because of the late labor deal, there's still a decent crop of free-agent players looking for a home.
PGA golf: The last of golf's four major tournaments for 2011, the PGA Championship, tees off in suburban Atlanta on Thursday, with the focus on two players, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, writes Golf magazine's Cameron Morfit.
"What will define this PGA is what defines every major, namely whether it will become a memorable step in one player's journey to world domination or a forgettable victory by a less-than-legendary golfer. That means this PGA Championship is all about Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods until further notice," Morfit writes.
Special guests will include William Shatner, called in convention literature “one of the world's pop culture treasures,” along with Leonard Nimoy and several actors from subsequent generations of the show and films.
I love how sports writers focus more on Tiger Woods' losing and call the golfers that are winning now as "forgettable". The media isn't biased or anything.. How boring would it be if football only had one good qb and the media always focused on him?
I agree....Woods being off the leaderboard has made watching the majors better in my mind. Now I can see who else is playing instead of having to sit thru every single shot that Woods makes. I could never handle his immature behavior and total inability to control his emotions. He's either jumping up and down or sulking around the course. I'll also add that I think his old caddy was a total ass.
so...no real teams play tonight anyway
so the Eagles, Ravens, Chargers, Cowboys & Patriots aren't real teams? You must be a soccer fan, or French.
football sux anyway
GO PATRIOTS!!!!!!!!! I smell victory this year
@diana: a woman(?) after me own 'eart.
I hope they win. My retirement hangs on my pristine encased tom brady rookie card 🙂
@wendy: several women already beat you to that one.
Their jerseys are super cool! Burning hot!
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Evidence of a hilariously meispsnt uni career. They let me design my own degree. It was nutz! As long as I could justify it to my advisor, they let it slide. Someday I might go back. Loved the atmosphere, but I must admit that the degree itself is rather pointless.