I’ve been a  loyal Directv subscriber for many years because they provide better quality, better customer service, and an entirely satisfying experience for watching the glowing box in the corner. What can I say, I love the Discovery channel. Historically, I’ve purchases the NFL Sunday Ticket because “Everything else is passing time until football season gets here.” This season, however, was going to be a little different due to economic constraints. I’d already given up on the NFL for the fall. Yesterday, Directv called and offered what seemed to be a huge deal....

The FIFA World Cup 2010 has departed after Spain pushed past the Netherlands, 1-0 in the last minutes of extra time. The pinnacle game was anything but. Slow, cautious and unappealing for center-stage, I found myself, a soccer apologist, unable to defend such a game but Spain deserved the win and the populace is still celebrating. But with the World Cup passing into history, I’m left with some unexpected impressions. I found the international game of football (soccer) to be ponderous and cumbersome. I realized, with some pain, that a single referee cannot arbitrate the entire pitch and is forced...

I’m a golf fan. I love golf despite its ability to drive me insane, to frustrate me, but with that pain I’m also rewarded with exceptional moments of clarity, the company of good friends, and some of the most beautiful scenery this side of interesting. All of these means I watch golf on TV as well. I don’t normally watch the standard tournaments but always try to watch the majors. Of the four major golf tournaments each year, my favorite is The Masters. With the Tiger Woods situation being played again and again in the popular media, I found myself sitting on the fence as to my...

Though I’m a golf fan, I rarely watch the weekly tournaments on TV; however, I always make the exception when it comes to the four golf majors held each year. The first, The Masters, is always my favorite and essentially ushures in golf season. The U.S. Open is always a great challenge and fun to watch. The British Open (now called The Open) is difficult to see schedule wise (time difference) but always a unique challenge, then you have the PGA Championship which tends to be a little of this and a dash of that. But this year’s British Open was something different. Tom Watson, one of...

I’ve been an avid golf fan for years. Picked it up while overseas and brought it back home with me. I have a middle-class set of clubs, some old but fabulous technology in my hybrids, driver and woods, and a putter that finally made me happy. All in all, I enjoy the game; however, I was recently bitten by the golf bug all over again. Watching the US Open, hosted at Bethpage Black in New York, was a wonderful event. Though some of the early action was rained out, the weekend and the final Monday round was brilliant. Even though I was actively pulling for Mickleson (due to his wife’s recent...