Carlos Diaz Monday Morning sports blog
Posted By Admin on August 12, 2011
Welcome to a new week! We’ve got a caddie’s revenge, several shot-out’s to the troops and Dennis Rodmans cure for the common hangover in today’s sports!!
Stephen Curry is using his wedding to Salute the Troops. The guard for the NBAs Golden State Warriors got married on July 30th, and he is asking family, friends and fans to contribute to ThanksUSA.org,” supporting military families, instead of buying him and his new wife wedding gifts. Curry serves as national spokesman for Thanks USA, which awards scholarships to children and spouses of active-duty members of the military.
Tiger Woods ex-caddie teamed up with a new partner, and WON! Steve Williams was not happy about being fired by Tiger Woods, so Williams let the world know how awesome it felt to beat Tiger during his big return from injury at this weekends Bridgestone Invitational caddie-ing for his new guy Adam Scott. Keep in mind, Williams won 13 majors with Tiger, so that comment is a slap in the face. The crowd chanted Stev-ie Williams! as he and Scott walked up the 18th fairway yesterday. Ive never heard of a crowd chanting for a caddie… Adam Scott led from start to finish, beating Tiger by 18 strokes. And Williams made twice as much money than Tiger did in the tourney!
In NASCAR, Brad Keselowski wasnt going to let a little thing like a broken ankle stop him from winning at Pocono Raceway this weekend. After hearing about the 30 soldiers who died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan, Keselowski manned up and vowed to win the Sprint Cup race for those troops. His cousin is a Navy SEAL who was friends with one of the troops shot down in that helicopter crash. Read more on Keselowskis win on SI.com.
Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Casey McGehee hit 3 home runs in one game last week for 8 year-old Clayton Wollner, who was born with a birth defect that affects the size of his skull. McGehee met Clayton after one of his surgeries, and Clayton said, Hit a home run for me.” So Casey, whose own son has cerebral palsy, hit 3! This is truly amazing, considering McGehee had hit just 5 home runs all season. Casey calls Clayton his good luck charm, and Clayton says Casey is his new favorite player!
Primetime Deion Sanders led an emotional class into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this weekend. The tears were flowing during Deions speech! Deion Sanders was an electric defensive back and kick returner, but it was his personality that sat him apart from every other player in the NFL, and that personality was on full display as he accepted his place next to the greatest to ever play the game. Tight end Shannon Sharpe was equally emotional, using his induction speech to make a plea for his wide receiver brother Sterling Sharpe to get into the Hall of Fame, too.
NBA bad-boy Dennis Rodman wants to cure your hangover… with a milkshake! Rodman was on Leno Friday night promoting his new drink and wearing an outfit that only Rodman could get away with. GTOX is a patented detox shot that you drink before you go to bed, and Rodman says it helps you recover faster.
Happy Monday!!
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