Rocco Made The Birdie At 15!

I have to say I've been somewhat captivated by the US Open golf this weekend. You're only supposed to have one of these two storylines available in any major tournament - either you get the old pro who comes out of nowhere to win it, or the warrior who fights through injury to win it. This time we have both, and they're the only two left on the course today in an 18-hole playoff. Right now Rocco Mediate has a one-shot lead on Tiger Woods with 3 holes 2 holes to play. Jason Sobel is liveblogging for ESPN here.

18 is a birdie or even an eagle hole, so it'll come to that.

This is the obligatory monthly sports post. Just to fit all things sports into one, the Lakers can't play defense and Paul Pierce will win Game 6 on his own.

...two pars on 17. It's coming down to the last hole, a par-5, with Rocco in front by 1. No doubt Tiger will try to put it on in 2.

...Tiger birdies, Rocco pars, they both make classic choke putts, and we're tied after 90 holes. Now it goes to the sudden-death playoff we could have seen on Sunday.

...and it was too much to ask of Rocco to go toe-to-toe that long. He blew the 1st playoff hole and Tiger collects another major. OK, I'm done with golf for another few months.