Last Week:Brad Faxon carded a 9-under par 61 in the final round to force and win a playoff with Tjaart Van Der Walt at the 2005 edition of the Buick Championship. Many times in this column, “1-iron” has paid respectful homage to Faxon for his loyalty to the history, tradition and rules of the game …
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NFL Week 3 Power Rankings
Here’s a Ferringo’s-eye view of Week 3 in the National Football League:New England at Pittsburgh (-3)Once again, the Patriots are involved in the Game of the Week. They’re dogs entering the Steel City, and are going up against the best team in football right now. Ben Roethlisberger has a ridiculous 153.6 passer rating, which is …
Vision India – 2025 (Expectations of an Ordinary Person)
IntroductionThe way one lyrist has written, “Hum logo ko samajh sako to samjho dilbar jaani; jitna bhi tum samjhoge utni hogi hayerani”…in a nut-shell we Indian’s are most “unpredictable”. When the expectations are low…we have performed really well and contrary to that when expectations were very high…most of the time we have failed to live …
US Open Odds — Double the Money
On Monday, despite not playing (due to injury) in the US Open Series WTA event in Toronto, Maria Sharapova became the No. 1 ranked woman on the WTA. Tennis’ 18-year-old femme fatale surged ahead of Lindsey Davenport, however, due to her poor showing in US Open Series tournaments Sharapova won’t qualify for the bonus money …
Screenshots Vista Windows
FeaturesAdditionally, Vista will include many other new features.AeroVista will include a completely re-designed user interface, code-named Aero. The new interface is intended to be cleaner and more aesthetically pleasing than previous Windows interfaces. The most visible addition to the interface is the sidebar (however this feature has been removed in the last alpha release), an …
Genuine Draft
Editor’s note: This article is excerpted from Jerry Crasnick’s book License to Deal, now available for purchase at the Rodale bookstore It’s a blustery San Francisco morning, and Matt arises early and rubs the bleariness from his eyes. He’s sleep-deprived, and his insides do flips if he forgets to take his stomach medication. His wardrobe–gray Polo T-shirt, blue Toronto …
Doc’s 2005 WAC Preview — Conference Will Get National Attention In 2005 With Two Strong Programs
Be prepared to hear quite a bit about the Western Athletic Conference this year. Just as Utah made a commanding run into the BCS Top Five last season out of the lowly Mountain West, the WAC features a pair of clubs that could do some serious damage to the bowl hopes of schools in the …
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 Rivals Mode Preview
By almost any measure, Tiger Woods is the greatest golfer currently active on the PGA Tour. But is Woods the greatest golfer of all time? How would he and his 10 majors-tournament wins stack up against the legends of golf such as Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, and Jack Nicklaus? That’s just the question posed in …
Land of Morning Calm – 50 Years Later
Over 400 Korean War Veteran’s names in the U.S. were drawn from as many as 5700 applications to attend the 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the signing of the Armistice, July 27, 1953 in Panmunjom, Korea. My husband Doyle was one of them. They could take any guest they wanted but would be required to pay …
How to Build a Cobblestone House
He huffed and he puffed and he blew the house down – certainly not if the house was built with cobblestones. Building cobblestone houses was a folk art that flourished in upstate New York from 1825 until the Civil War in 1860. Many of the 700+ cobblestone homes that were built survive today, a testament …