Duffy's Rant Netcast » Sports http://duffysrant.com News and comment from the south suburbs of Chicago Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:49:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 ©Duffy http://feeds.feedburner.com/drp duffy@duffysrant.com (Duffy) duffy@duffysrant.com(Duffy) 1440 News and comment from the south suburbs of Chicago Duffy Duffy duffy@duffysrant.com No no http://duffysrant.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/as3452_144.jpg Duffy's Rant Netcast http://duffysrant.com 144 144 What a mess with the Cubs http://duffysrant.com/2010/06/26/what-a-mess-with-the-cubs/ http://duffysrant.com/2010/06/26/what-a-mess-with-the-cubs/#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:56:49 +0000 Duffy http://duffysrant.com/2010/06/26/what-a-mess-with-the-cubs/ I don’t care how good Carlos Zambrano is.  After the exhibition of total lack of self-control and then blaming the other members of the team for what
he couldn’t do, it’s time to get rid of him.
]]> http://duffysrant.com/2010/06/26/what-a-mess-with-the-cubs/feed/ 0 Fuggadaboutit http://duffysrant.com/2010/06/04/fuggadaboutit/ http://duffysrant.com/2010/06/04/fuggadaboutit/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:37:17 +0000 Duffy http://duffysrant.com/2010/06/04/fuggadaboutit/ Yelp all you want.  The commish isn’t gong to reverse the ump’s call and don’t count on instant replay any time this millenium.

Games are too slow now as they are…adding the time review would tack on would make things intolerable for a lot of fans.

]]> http://duffysrant.com/2010/06/04/fuggadaboutit/feed/ 0 Now THIS makes me feel like an ancient! http://duffysrant.com/2010/05/10/now-this-makes-me-feel-like-an-ancient/ http://duffysrant.com/2010/05/10/now-this-makes-me-feel-like-an-ancient/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 17:03:21 +0000 Duffy http://duffysrant.com/2010/05/10/now-this-makes-me-feel-like-an-ancient/ From the PBA website:

12-Year-Old Kamron Doyle Becomes Youngest to Cash in a PBA Tournament

by Jerry Schneider
May 10, 2010 03:53

 

Youngster finishes 30th out of 96 players in Canton, Ga., regional tournament featuring top pros from South region.

Twelve-year-old Kamron Doyle of Brentwood, Tenn., finished 30th
in the PBA Canton (Ga.) Open Regional tournament Sunday, becoming the
youngest bowler ever to cash in a PBA event. He earned $400 which will
be deposited in a scholarship account.

Bowling as a non-PBA
member, Doyle had a 2,797 13-game pinfall total of 215.1 average
bowling in a 96-player field which included some of the top regional
and national tour professional players from the organization’s South
region. The event was won by 2009-10 PBA Player of the Year Walter Ray
Williams Jr.

Doyle is a youth bowling phenom who already
holds the all-time record as the youngest bowler to roll a sanctioned
800 series (he rolled games of 279, 278, and 245 for an 802 three-game
series at the age of 11 years, 2 months, and 1 day) and is also the
third-youngest bowler to roll a 300 game in sanctioned competition.

According to his mom Cathy, Doyle got hooked on bowling when he attended a friends bowling birthday party at the age of seven.

“After
that he was hooked,” Cathy said. “Before we knew it he was bowling
three days a week and at this point I think he’s got about 60 bowling
balls.”

Bowling in his second PBA regional tournament, Kamron
competes in youth leagues and the Southern Scratch Junior Bowlers
Association where he also averages about 215.  In addition to youth
competition, he often competes in other adult tournaments where he has
a best finish of fourth.

Doyle was featured in a Disney Channel Get’cha Head in the Game feature in the summer of 2009.

]]> http://duffysrant.com/2010/05/10/now-this-makes-me-feel-like-an-ancient/feed/ 0 It’s finally happened! http://duffysrant.com/2009/09/07/its-finally-happened/ http://duffysrant.com/2009/09/07/its-finally-happened/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:53:30 +0000 Duffy http://duffysrant.com/2009/09/07/its-finally-happened/ Ashley Force Hood is now the U.S. Nationals Funny Car Champion!

She bear her teammate Robert Hight in convincing fashion.

Congrats, Ashley!

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]]> http://duffysrant.com/2009/09/07/its-finally-happened/feed/ 0 US retains Solheim Cup http://duffysrant.com/2009/08/24/us-retains-solheim-cup/ http://duffysrant.com/2009/08/24/us-retains-solheim-cup/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:25:13 +0000 Duffy http://duffysrant.com/2009/08/24/us-retains-solheim-cup/ Read all about it and lots of background stories at the Golf Channel

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]]> http://duffysrant.com/2009/08/24/us-retains-solheim-cup/feed/ 0 Today’s the day! http://duffysrant.com/2009/08/23/todays-the-day/ http://duffysrant.com/2009/08/23/todays-the-day/#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:04:20 +0000 Duffy http://duffysrant.com/2009/08/23/todays-the-day/ Today the singles matches will be contested at the Solheim Cup at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, IL.

Here are the parings!

]]> http://duffysrant.com/2009/08/23/todays-the-day/feed/ 0 He does it again http://duffysrant.com/2009/08/09/he-does-it-again/ http://duffysrant.com/2009/08/09/he-does-it-again/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:01:59 +0000 Duffy http://duffysrant.com/2009/08/09/he-does-it-again/ OMG.  He did it again.

Tiger wins the WGC-Bridgestone Championship after Padraig Harrington makes a fatal error on the 16th and Tiger lands his second shot within two feet of the hole.

Absolutely amazing!  That’s number 70 and he’s gotten there quicker than either Jack or Sam Snead!

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]]> http://duffysrant.com/2009/08/09/he-does-it-again/feed/ 0 Update on WGC-Bridgestone http://duffysrant.com/2009/08/09/update-on-wgc-bridgestone/ http://duffysrant.com/2009/08/09/update-on-wgc-bridgestone/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:04:39 +0000 Duffy http://duffysrant.com/2009/08/09/update-on-wgc-bridgestone/ It’s happening.

Tiger’s on a charge and is now tied with Paddy Harrington at –10.

Here he comes.

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]]> http://duffysrant.com/2009/08/09/update-on-wgc-bridgestone/feed/ 0 Finally! http://duffysrant.com/2009/07/26/finally/ http://duffysrant.com/2009/07/26/finally/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:44:52 +0000 Duffy http://duffysrant.com/2009/07/26/finally/ Tuesday evening, starting at 8 PM Eastern, ESPN will start showing the 2009 World Series of Poker.

First up, I think, is the $40K no-limit hold ‘em tournament.

Just remember that they’ve set this up so that things will build up to the final table in November.

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]]> http://duffysrant.com/2009/07/26/finally/feed/ 0 GAME ON! http://duffysrant.com/2009/05/29/game-on/ http://duffysrant.com/2009/05/29/game-on/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 14:07:39 +0000 Duffy http://duffysrant.com/2009/05/29/game-on/ Okay, you poker fiends out there (and I *know* there are some!), the WSOP 2009 is now in session at the Rio in Vegas.

The schedule for the granddaddy of all poker tournaments is here.

One neat twist, since this is the 40th anniversary of the WSOP is a VERY special tournament open to the 27 living past champions.  What does the winner of this special tournament get?

  • A vintage 1970 c0rvette
  • The Binion Cup, honoring the Binion family that started the WSOP
  • Big time bragging rights.

My money’s on Doyle, as always. *grin*

Another interesting twist is that, in all games, the players start out with three times the amount of their buy-in.  There is a very special tournament that has a buy-in of $40,000, in honor of the 40th anniversary.

The only event that has a higher buy-in is the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament.

It will be on ESPN later on this year.

But, if you want to keep tabs on what’s happening, check out the official site.

EDIT: The official schedule of games and results is HERE!

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