251 Results for author: Shelly Holt
I suggest some non-customary amusing variations of the game to bring more interest for the fans. For ex - What if caddies are mandated to tee off for their pros on 1 hole before the cut? | Sep 15, 2015 @ 6:06pm ET
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On Friday, I published an article outlining my gut feeling that the USGA’s decision to hold this year’s US Open at Chambers Bay would backfire.
Unfortunately, there was much evidence to support that premonition over the weekend.
First, the course continued to look worse for tv viewers as the fescue dried out and ...
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It’s been widely reported in the weeks leading up to this year’s US Open that many players have publicly complained about the golf course chosen for this, our 115th national championship.
Dubbed “Chambers Bay”, it is an 8-yr old public man-made links style golf course founded on a former gravel quarry on the ...
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I’m sick of Johnny Manziel.
Why do I have to see his name in the news constantly, even during the NFL off season?
Why can’t he just put his nose to the grindstone, work on himself as a QB, and stay out of trouble?
If you’re counting (and I am), every few weeks since 2015 started, there’s been something ...
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If you plan to attend a ball game & sit near home plate beyond the required netting area, beware the “Baseball Rule”, which limits owners’ responsibilities to fan safety in the “zone of danger" . | June 8, 2015, 12:18pm ET
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After the "Deflategate" scandal, I came up with a ranking system that focuses on rating cheaters in pro sports based on the damage they may have caused to the integrity of their sport. | May 12, 2015, 4:42pm ET
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They don’t call the Kentucky Derby the "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports" for no reason.
A field of the best 20 three-year old thoroughbreds in the world run a fast mile and a quarter on dirt in the American heartland every first Saturday in May since 1875.
It is also the first leg of the legendary Triple ...
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Legal problems may be an issue with a new form of physical analytics soon to be used by MLB teams to help prevent injuries, unless the parameters are clearly laid out ahead of time. | March 27, 2015, 3:54pm ET
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The matter of what to do about Peter Edward “Pete” Rose just took a more serious turn for finality recently.
New MLB Commissioner (Rob Manfred) confirmed that Rose has formally filed for reinstatement.
Not that we didn’t see this coming.
For the past 25 years, Rose has been skulking around the sidelines of baseball ...
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As a fan of the PGA Tour, I’ve always assumed that caddies who work for pro golfers in this modern era were well taken care of.
After all, according to the Association of Pro Tour Caddies website, they receive a decent salary ($1200-$3000/week), and get a cut of the golfer’s winnings to boot (5-9% of the purse; 10% ...
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My laboratory door has opened once again…
Inside, there is an imaginary curtain up. And, standing behind it, is the perfect golfer: My 3rd annual “Frankengolfer”.
He is a collection of the best players in each of four major areas of the sport based on the previous end-of-year stats.
I first created him in ...
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If you have some doubt in your mind right now about Seattle Seahawks’ quarterback Russell Wilson, you shouldn’t.
Well, I understand if you feel that way, since before this past Sunday’s NFC Championship game, I had little confidence in him myself.
He’s 5’103/8 and 200 lbs, for God’s sake.
The average ...
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Now that the 2014 NFL regular season is officially behind us and the playoff picture is now clear, it is time to have the awards conversation once again.
Each year at this time, the Associated Press processes the votes of 50 sportswriters to determine awards for the following categories: offensive & defensive ...
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Now that the 2014 NFL season has happily arrived, my predictions as to each conference outcome and the Super Bowl are as follows:
NFC
NFC West Winner - Seahawks
NFC South Winner - Saints
NFC North Winner - Packers
NFC East Winner - Eagles
NFC Wild Card 1 - Cardinals
NFC Wild Card 2 - Cowboys
NFC ...
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Yesterday, the NFL suspended Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice for the first two games of this season following his offseason arrest for alleged domestic violence against his wife.
Much of the reaction on social media & on ESPN to this announcement has been one of outrage. Namely, that Commissioner Goodell ...
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Tiger Woods said at a press conference early last week that he is “pain free for the first time in 2 years”.
We can interpret that statement two ways.
It’s either going to be very good for the golfing legend… or bad.
Namely, can Tiger still be as successful without chasing pain down on a regular basis?
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Recently, I noticed that several major networks have committed to a robust schedule of upcoming boxing matches during primetime on a regular basis (ESPN, NBCSN, FOX Sports 1, HBO, and Showtime).
Since the sport had seen a major decline in viewership over the past decade or so, this makes me wonder – is boxing making a ...
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MLB is unsure how exactly pine tar affects the movement of a baseball, especially for pitchers. So, why not test the sticky stuff in a controlled, laboratory type of setting? | April 29, 2014, 1:57pm ET
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A very interesting law suit has recently been filed in Nevada Federal Court that could set an important precedent to which sports teams all over the US will greatly be affected.
The case has to do with a Nevada man (John E. Williams, III) who sued the NFL and the Seattle Seahawks, among other parties, in Federal Court ...
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Now that instant replay has been expanded in MLB to include about 90% of all on-field plays, it seems logical that the next area up for consideration to use reviewable technology would be the strike zone.
While I have been a staunch proponent of getting all calls right in baseball, the idea that we could soon be ...
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I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around the new Home Plate Collision Rule which Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Player’s Association (MLBPA) recently adopted.
While I love that this issue is finally being addressed by the sport in any context, I find the parameters of the new rule to be ...
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Since 2008, professional Tennis has allowed players access to a Challenge System that has largely been successful.
The system, called “Hawk-Eye”, uses several high-speed video cameras to visually track the trajectory of every ball. That data transmits to a complex computer system which then reproduces the ball’s ...
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The NFL’s competition committee will soon consider a rule that will penalize players for use of the N-word (a racial slur used against African-Americans) on the field.
According to a CBSSports.com article dated February 21, 2014, the NFL will likely rule an automatic 15 yard penalty for first-time offenders and an ...
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It’s easy to gush about Derek Jeter, especially if you’re a lifelong Yankees fan like me.
Over the course of his 19 years in MLB, Jeter has amassed an incredible statistical record so far:
3,316 Hits (1st Active; 10th Career);
2,470 Singles (1st Active; 6th Career);
4,527 Times on Base (1st Active; 16th ...
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The ultimate question for me when it comes down to determining the outcome of Super Bowl XLVIII between the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos: Is Russell Wilson capable of keeping pace with Peyton Manning?
If we were to just compare both quarterback’s 2013 stats side by side? No way.
BUT... if Seattle’s ...
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Last week, when Major League Baseball announced that it had unanimously approved “expanded instant replay” for the 2014 season, I secretly rejoiced.
In the past, MLB had been slow to accept the idea of expanding instant replay beyond that of home runs and in fact, has been notoriously slow to change any of its rules ...
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Over the last year, I haven’t played as much golf as I would have liked.
Not that I haven’t been thinking about it… a lot.
I envision myself on the course quite a bit even when I’m not there.
I guess I should stop daydreaming and just do it.
Meanwhile, like the column I wrote last year “My 2012 ...
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I get giddy every time the Winter Olympics return, probably even more so than the Summer Games.
But, I don’t think I’m in the majority and, I don’t really understand why.
Recently, at a family gathering, we had a discussion about which of the Olympics we preferred. I was surprised to learn that most people ...
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The feelings I’m left with after reading Hank Haney’s book “The Big Miss” were ones I wasn’t expecting.
I would have never anticipated that I would feel disturbed, confused, and disappointed by Haney, rather than illuminated and informed by his account of what it was like coaching Tiger Woods, the world’s ...
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Now that the MLB post-season is here, the sad reality is starting to set in for me. Soon there will be no baseball for 6 long months.
Generally, I’ve managed to make it through previous long winters without baseball by absorbing myself into the NFL and College Football coverage. However, when those distractions ...
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