How Fox Sports could improve its U.S. Open coverage, more Media Circus
Comments & criticisms (ESPN.com)
10 ways Fox Sports can improve its golf broadcasts
1. Holly Sonders was underutilized and in the wrong role as interviewer. Not a strength. She’d have been better in the role of moderator, as she did for Golf Channel, which leads us to…
2. Curt Menefee, an otherwise outstanding broadcaster and host of Fox NFL Sunday. But his limited knowledge of golf became apparent early in the week. Sonders would have been a better fit.
3. Less USGA worship. It’s not going to happen, of course, because the USGA is Fox’s “partner,” as they like to say. To its credit, though, Fox did not shy from reporting on course criticisms, which by extension were USGA criticisms.
5. Less talking, period. Do we need to be told that the second shot Jordan Spieth hit to the 18th green on Sunday was a great one, when we could see it for ourselves? Cutting to the set for roundtable discussions was overdone, too. Show the golf.
7. Lose the big screen television during interviews. We don’t need a picture in a picture, and it made for awkward exchanges between Sonders and her interview subjects.
10. Increase the use of its graphics showing the location of the hole and the distance to it. It’s hard for the viewer to ascertain where the pin is from cameras behind the golfers.
Complete list (GolfDigest.com)
Monday, June 22, 2015
It's NHL Week In Las Vegas
What to expect out of Las Vegas this week
- Viva Las Vegas expansion
- Don't sleep on Seattle
- The mess in the desert
- Talk not of relocation
- Meanwhile, on the ice
- World Cup of Hockey update
- Overtime overhaul?
- Goalie equipment an issue, again
- Compensation issue still unsettled
Inside Of Heaven On Earth For Carnivores
A Look Inside The Most Awesome Butcher Shop In The World: Victor Churchill
More pictures (CavemanCircus.com)
More pictures (CavemanCircus.com)
Even With Their Astronomical Maintanence Costs, People Still Buy These Cars
The True Cost of Owning A Bugatti Veyron
If you want to get an oil change and some standard service, which is typically the cheapest work you can get a garage to do, you’re looking at about $21,000 dollars. Yes, that’s just for an oil change and maybe a tire rotation. Since we are on the topic of tires, you’re also going to be paying a lot for your Veyron’s. The Bugatti Veyron uses very specific tires, and at top-speed, those tires only last about 15 minutes before needing to be replaced. Want a new set? Get ready to pay $42,000 dollars for new tires. Oh and the wheels also need to be replaced entirely after every other tire change. They will run you about $69,000 for a set. Bugatti also encourages that you replace the tires and wheels a few times throughout the year. So if you get an oil change, replace the tires, and then replace the wheels/tires for a Veyron in one year, you’re looking at $132,000 in just parts (excluding labor). Hopefully your transmission will never break on your Veyron, because it costs around $120,000 alone to replace. The Veyron also only gets about 15mpg on the highway, so you will be frequently visiting gas stations and obviously you have to use the most premium form of gasoline to fill it up. Based on data from FuelEconomy.gov, the average Veyron costs $83 dollars to fill up and the estimated annual fuel cost is around $4,700 dollars. Comparatively, a standard 2014 Honda Accord has an estimated annual fuel cost of just $1,450.
(Worthly.com)
If you want to get an oil change and some standard service, which is typically the cheapest work you can get a garage to do, you’re looking at about $21,000 dollars. Yes, that’s just for an oil change and maybe a tire rotation. Since we are on the topic of tires, you’re also going to be paying a lot for your Veyron’s. The Bugatti Veyron uses very specific tires, and at top-speed, those tires only last about 15 minutes before needing to be replaced. Want a new set? Get ready to pay $42,000 dollars for new tires. Oh and the wheels also need to be replaced entirely after every other tire change. They will run you about $69,000 for a set. Bugatti also encourages that you replace the tires and wheels a few times throughout the year. So if you get an oil change, replace the tires, and then replace the wheels/tires for a Veyron in one year, you’re looking at $132,000 in just parts (excluding labor). Hopefully your transmission will never break on your Veyron, because it costs around $120,000 alone to replace. The Veyron also only gets about 15mpg on the highway, so you will be frequently visiting gas stations and obviously you have to use the most premium form of gasoline to fill it up. Based on data from FuelEconomy.gov, the average Veyron costs $83 dollars to fill up and the estimated annual fuel cost is around $4,700 dollars. Comparatively, a standard 2014 Honda Accord has an estimated annual fuel cost of just $1,450.
(Worthly.com)
The 2015 U.S. Open Championship Was A Thriller
Jordan Spieth Wins U.S. Open, Halfway to Grand Slam
In the end, though, the 115th U.S. Open was decided by the same thing that determines every U.S. Open: nerves. And the best player won.
Amid a firestorm of criticism directed at the USGA, second-ranked Jordan Spieth, the class of 2015 coming into the week, shot 69 and watched Dustin Johnson three-putt the 18th green from just 12 and a half feet to give America’s boy wonder Spieth his second straight major title.
“Someone had to hold the trophy,” said Spieth, who admitted he was not at his best from tee to green, and who dedicated the victory to his father, Shawn, on Father’s Day. “There’s noise around every tournament about a pin position here or the greens are this or the layout. Someone has to win it.”
(Golf.com)
In the end, though, the 115th U.S. Open was decided by the same thing that determines every U.S. Open: nerves. And the best player won.
Amid a firestorm of criticism directed at the USGA, second-ranked Jordan Spieth, the class of 2015 coming into the week, shot 69 and watched Dustin Johnson three-putt the 18th green from just 12 and a half feet to give America’s boy wonder Spieth his second straight major title.
“Someone had to hold the trophy,” said Spieth, who admitted he was not at his best from tee to green, and who dedicated the victory to his father, Shawn, on Father’s Day. “There’s noise around every tournament about a pin position here or the greens are this or the layout. Someone has to win it.”
(Golf.com)
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