June 27th update

Tseng dominates LPGA Championship

- 22 year old Yani Tseng ran away with the LPGA championship Sunday, winning by 10 strokes.
- The Taiwanese phenom, who became the youngest player ever to win an LPGA major, was so far ahead by Sunday that she needed extra motivation to perform at a high level. "I was like, what's a new goal for me? And that's why I told myself I wanted to set a record, to make 20 under." That may have been the only thing she failed at all weekend, only scoring 19 under for the tournament.
- The second place finisher, Morgan Pressel, scored at 9 under.
- Her dominance comes just a week after Rory McIlroy, also 22 years old, dominated at the Men's U.S. Open as we mentioned last week. Both Tseng and McIlroy led wire-to-wire (Led at the end of all 4 rounds).


Owens has surgery on ACL

- Terrell Owens, the mercurial Wide Receiver who last played for the Cincinnati Bengals, reportedly injured himself while filming a television show.
- Early estimates say he could be back by mid-November but he will turn 38 in December and at his advanced age, it's generally tougher to return from injury. It's clearly possible that this injury could force him into retirement.
- The 16-year veteran, who had 72 receptions for 983 yards and nine touchdowns last season, ranks second to Jerry Rice in all-time receiving yardage and and receiving touchdowns but would have struggled to catch Rice in either of those categories even without this injury.


The curious case of Jim Riggleman

- The Washington Nationals manager Jim Riggleman abruptly resigned on Thursday due to a contract dispute with the club.
- The Nationals were hot at the time of Riggleman’s resignation. Winning 8 of their previous 9, and with the with two superstar young players still in the Nationals system, Riggleman seemed to be in a great position. He was winning with an inexperienced, young team much earlier than anybody expected.
- The dispute arose over the portion of Riggleman’s contract that covered the 2012 season. The Nationals had an option on the contract, meaning it was completely up to their discretion if Riggleman would coach the team in 2012. Riggleman felt as if the team was not giving him enough guarantee that his contract would be picked up for next year, so instead of coaching out the remainder of his guaranteed contract, he quit.
- Some have speculated that Riggleman may have severely hurt his stock with other teams by pulling this stunt. He will be replaced by Davey Johnson. The Nationals become the second of the 5 teams in their own division to replace their coach in the past 10 days, and the fourth since the end of last season.