For a minute there we thought the new Nike ad campaign was going to be Just Do It Once (then sign as many endorsements as you can and live off of it for the rest of your life).
TIGER BEAT
Woods, who has shot over par in 19 of his last 20 rounds at majors since his historic win at the 1997 Masters, avoided further embarrassment with a sizzling round Friday. His 5-under par 67 saved face after his opening round 76 and left him just eight shots off the pace.
Now if Tiger Woods had failed to make the cut, would they have canceled the rest of the Western Open?
BLUE HEAVEN
Any coincidence that after an off-season that saw the passing of legendary Cubs fans Mike Royko and Harry Caray that Sammy Sosa and Kerry Wood are playing like somebody’s prayers are being answered?
GARBAGE PICKUP
Ticketless English hooligans, desperate to see the do-or-die World Cup match with Colombia on Friday, heaved bottles at riot police who moved them back from the stadium and tried in vain to confiscate their vast reserves of beer.
Police charged repeatedly, wrestling three men to the ground and arresting them and 47 others.
So with England’s 2-0 victory we have at least another week of drunken violence to look forward to.
ON HIS PLATE
Mike Tyson will begin his comeback with a fight as early as October if Nevada boxing authorities agree to give him a new boxing license, a Tyson adviser said Friday.
Tyson’s license, you will remember, was taken away after Tyson bit Evander Holyfield twice on the ears during their fight last June.
While under suspension, he earned $3.5 million to play the role of enforcer for the World Wrestling Federation in its Wrestlemania matches in March.
With that kind of scratch, maybe Tyson can afford to eat before the fight.
GRASS STAIN
Steffi Graf is out at Wimbledon. “Fraulein Forehand” will now be known as Fraud Forehand; fraud, of course, running in the family.
SPECIAL DELIVERY
Heard the new promotion on the radio buy a pizza get a ticket to a White Sox game, buy two get two tickets? Rumor has it the next promotion is buy a Sox hat and get a free bowl of soup.
Guess it’s just another sign of the Great Depression at Comiskey Park.
