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One heck of a sports-watching day
June 16, 2008Dads around the country had to enjoy Sunday. Even if all they got on Fathers' Day was another weird-looking tie.
That is because it was the perfect sports-watching Sunday.
Among the great games that graced the TV were:
*Woods forcing a playoff on the last hole of the U.S. Open.
This event is an annual must-watch on Father's Day. And with Woods battling it out with Rocco Mediate and Lee Westwood, it was definitely worth its billing.
The putt Woods drained on 18 to tie Mediate will go down as one of his best ever. But that list of clutch shots gets longer by the day.
*Lakers stave off elimination
I was working during this, so I did not get to see much of the game. From what I did see though, it looked like L.A. held the lead most of the night.
Boston still took the game down to the wire before the Lakers won, 103-98. Now the series returns to Massachusetts, where the Celtics look to close them out on Tuesday. I am guessing Boston gets it done then.
*Rangers doubleheader
If you are a baseball fan from around here, so you probably root for the Rangers (no matter how hard they make it sometimes).
Well, on Sunday Texas played a double-dip against the Mets. The Rangers won the first and lost the second, but who can complain about six hours of baseball.
*And some crazy soccer
And I am not talking about the United States dismantling Barbados, 8-0, in a World Cup qualifier.
No, in what has got to be the best game so far in the 2008 European Championships, Turkey rallied with three goals in the last 15 minutes to shock the Czech Republic, 3-2.
This game decided who got second in Group A, which means a quarterfinals bid against Croatia. And the Turks, who also rallied to stun the Swiss a few days ago, were the better team in the second half, even when they fell behind 2-0 in the 62nd minute.
Czech Petr Cech, one of the world's top goalkeepers, helped the cause by making a brutal blunder, letting the ball slip through his hands. A fantastic finish, nonetheless.
*And Monday will be enjoyable too
The U.S. Open kicks off at 11 a.m. (right about the time I will be waking up -- nice) and there are two more Euro 2008 contests: Austria-Germany and Poland-Croatia.
Cannot wait to sit on the couch and see if Sunday's drama can be matched again.
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