The Curse

For the avid sport's fan there were several things to look back on and reflect in the past two week's which are very exciting.  I of course come out of the woodworks to start following some of these sporting events such as the NBA for example because up to this point I pay absolutely no attention to what is going on other than the occasional Lebron James highlight reel.  Other than that I could not tell you hardly anything going on in the NBA because let's face it no one wants to watch Shaq go from doing this to doing this.  The playoffs are an entirely different story.  Another sport I begin to follow a little is hockey, but just like every other year I still couldn't tell you anything about hockey besides the Penguins have this guy named Sidney Crosby who I couldn't tell you what he looked like if he walked right past.  Now if it were Wayne Gretzky, I would say probably but either case I can't say I follow hockey any better than a SportsCenter Top 10 highlight.  Sorry, but it's just who I am.

I did claim in this post that March is my favorite because of the NCAA tournament and this year was absolutely no different.  Everyone wants to live for one shining moment and just as my brackets predicted along with what I preached all season long the tar heels pulled it out.  I don't want to brag because even though I finished second both on technicalities which I would prefer not go into further detail, but I never really had doubt that when it was all said and done UNC would be right in the mix.  I would like to address all of the bandwagon jumpers and those who tried to use the tar heels good fortune to profit for themselves you should at least suck it up and get yourselves one of these.  For the few individuals who I know will refuse to go this route at least do the right thing and email the me at kylesbottomline@yahoo.com and we will talk about my cut for promoting the tar heels year round and what would be a fair compensation for profiting off of my team.  It is only right so do the right thing.  

Another sporting event worth mentioning is the Masters.  For those of you who did not watch this live or have absolutely no knowledge of golf just take a few minutes to watch this and I promise you the next time you are flipping channels on a Sunday afternoon or wake up from your Sunday nap you should take a few minutes to watch Tiger Woods.  I know many people are not big fans of him, but unquestionably when the man plays golf, you will see something special.  I golf and I use to watch golf on a Sunday afternoon just to watch, but after Tiger came on tour, I am one of those many guilty fans who now only tune in when Tiger is in the hunt, and if not could care less about which white 20 something year old is trying to fight for second.  

One could argue that Tiger is the founder of the fist pump in sports, but I am still a strong believer that tennis has long been fist pumping and letting out a 'Come on!' long before T Woods was sinking putts.  We will save that conversation for another time.  I will point out I failed to let any fist pumps out this weekend from my golf trip to Pinehurst nor did I try to mimic this.

Some things are sacred and we should just leave it that way.  I will make an honorable mention to my new favorite course that I have played in Tobacco Road which you can check out at http://www.tobaccoroadgolf.com/.

KylesBottomLine:  A group in front of me had a hole in one and I had two shots within a foot of a hole in one myself.  Need I say more.

Why I watched golf before Tiger.

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