Monday, May 19, 2014

Tiger Still Can't Golf

After his March 31st surgery to repair his back Tiger Woods hasn't golfed in any professional tournaments. He was forced to skip the Masters for the first time in his career and it is still questionable if he will play in next month's U.S. Open. He has been unable to even swing a golf club since the surgery and says that it has been hard to do anything due to the pain. The 14 time major champion still has many years of golf ahead of him, but this season hangs in the balance as he rehabs his fragile back.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/othersports/tiger-woods-still-cant-swing-a-club-has-no-idea-when-hell-play-again/2014/05/19/8500dc72-df7a-11e3-9743-bb9b59cde7b9_story.html?tid=hpModule_a4df998e-86a7-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Cat Saves Boy From Viscous Dog

It seemed to be a normal, sunny day in California on May 15th 2014, but as little Jeremy Triantafilo mounted his favorite tricycle the universe had a more sinister plan for this West Coast state. The attack came out of nowhere, the dog was a stealthy shadow, stalking Jeremy across the neighborhood. When Jeremy was at his most vulnerable the dog lunged and grabbed the four year old by the legs. As he was being thrashed about by this canine menace Tara the cat hero sprung from the porch and body slammed the dog into next week. The little boy escaped with minimal damage, but the dog left with a mental wound that will never heal.

http://www.today.com/news/dog-did-not-know-even-what-hit-him-hero-cats-2D79669571


Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Olympics on NBC Through 2032

NBC has recently made a 7.65 billion dollar deal to keep the Olympics airing on their network through the 2032 games. NBC has been the network for the summer games since 1988 and winter games since 2002. Most of the country is very happy that the Olympics will continue to air on NBC and many say that NBC does the best possible job of covering the historical, social, and athletic aspect of the games. Some criticize NBC for the delay in tape that shows many events hours after they actually occur, but tape delay makes the most sense so that more of the country can watch the more popular parts of the game in prime-time. This tape delay was in the spotlight this year in Sochi as the delay time was over 8 hours for some events. However the 2020 and on locations for the games have not been announced and if there are any games in the Americas then tape delay could be less than 2 or 3 hours. WE have no idea how we will view the Olympics in 2032, but the next 18 years of Olympic games on television lie in the hands of NBC.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/05/nbc-olympics-ioc-2032-television

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