Ok. Can't take issue with that. There's no doubt JM rubs a lot of people
the wrong way. I'm ok with him and Faldo. Not great, but ok. I really
liked Ken Venturi. Really knew the game. For my money the best guy to
listen call a golf tourney was Bing Crosby. Didn't do it much but fun to
listen to when he was on.
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Cartman
"Bill"
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news:WDb7k.11906$s77.9027@bignews3.bellsouth.net...>> Lighten up Bill. For one thing, Miller was probably right. I like Rocco
>> but would be shocked if he ever contends in a major again. I think he
>> falls into the Mike Donald kind of slot where he had one great major
>> tournament and then fell off the map. I hope I'm wrong as I think Rocco
>> is one of those guys who's good for golf. Friendly, outgoing, blue-collar
>> type guy. Somebody that the average hacker, like me, can relate to. The
>> pool cleaning statement was a bit out of line but I don't think it was
>> related to Rocco's ethnicity so much as the fact that he's a lower tier
>> player on the tour and was playing in rarefied air at the time.
>>
>> --
>> Cartman
>>
>> "Bill"
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>> news:OEa7k.618$CC.308@bignews9.bellsouth.net...>>>> Gimme a freakin' break . . . .
>>>>
>>>> "Miller apologizes in NBC statement for comments on Mediate
>>>>
>>>> NEW YORK -- NBC Sports golf analyst Johnny Miller apologized for his
>>>> description of U.S. Open runner-up Rocco Mediate , saying the comments
>>>> had "absolutely nothing to do with his ethnicity."
>>>>
>>>> Mediate, a 45-year-old Pennsylvanian of Italian heritage, held a one-
>>>> stroke lead over Tiger Woods during the fourth round Sunday. Miller
>>>> said Mediate "looks like the guy who cleans Tiger's swimming pool." He
>>>> also said, "Guys with the name 'Rocco' don't get on the trophy, do
>>>> they?"
>>>>
>>>> "I apologize to anyone who was offended by my remarks," Miller said in
>>>> a statement Friday through NBC. "My intention was to convey my
>>>> affection and admiration for Rocco's everyman qualities and had
>>>> absolutely nothing to do with his ethnicity. I chose my words poorly
>>>> and in the future will be more careful."
>>>>
>>>> Woods beat Mediate in a playoff that lasted 19 holes for his third
>>>> U.S. Open title.
>>>>
>>>> Sunday's fourth round on NBC drew a 7.5 national rating and 17 share.
>>>> It was the highest rating for a U.S. Open since 2002 and a 17 percent
>>>> increase over the 6.4 last year.
>>>>
>>>> The first two hours of Monday's playoff drew the highest cable rating
>>>> ever for golf with a 4.2 on ESPN. The rating is the percentage
>>>> watching a program among homes with televisions, and the share is the
>>>> percentage tuned into the broadcast among those households with TVs on
>>>> at the time.
>>>>
>>>> Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press"
>>>>
>>>>
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