August 15th update

Keegan Bradley victorious at PGA Championship

• Move over Rory McIlroy, there's a new young golfer looking to take over Tiger Woods' vacated mantle as the face of the PGA. OK, it was only one tournament, and it took an epic collapse by Jason Dufner to even open the door. But once that door was opened, Bradley, who was down by 5 strokes with only 3 holes to go after a triple bogey on the 15th hole, jumped through it took down the major title.
• Dufner, whose collapse may have been assisted by the fact that he was hitting behind Bradley and watching him gain momentum, was self-aware enough to realize that he couldn't fully grasp the gravity of what he had let pass. "I'm so new at this situation, I don't know if I appreciate it as much as I will soon," Dufner said. "I might look back in 10 or 15 years and be disappointed if I never get another chance."
• Bradley won the tournament on his first attempt. He's only the third player in the last 100 years to win a major on his first try and will have many people watching him very closely from now on.


Streak Snapped and a career (possibly) ends in Chi-Town

• One of the most famed feats in sports is Joe DiMaggio's streak of getting a base hit in 56-straight games. This streak has not come close to being broken as the second longest streak is Pete Rose's 44 game binge.
• Dan Uggla, the hard hitting second baseman of the Atlanta Braves, ran a consecutive game hit streak to 33, only two short of the longest ever by a second baseman. That came to a halt this weekend against the Chicago Cubs. After almost 5 weeks of consistent production Uggla went hitless in 4 at bats.
• Uggla’s streak was the longest in the past 5 years, which was unusual not only because Uggla was known as a power hitter, but also because he was having a miserable season. Even after the hitting streak, he still only has a batting average of .233. Perhaps the craziest stat of all is that the second to last pitcher he got a hit against during the streak, Carlos Zambrano, had a batting average of .333 at the time, 100 points higher than Uggla's.
• On a side note Zambrano, who got hit hard by the Braves hitting during that game, was ejected for throwing at Braves hitters, then cleaned out his locker and announced that he was retiring immediately. While it is unclear as to whether or not he will stick by that decision, such a bizarre move will probably end his career with the Cubs, if not his mercurial baseball career.

Cam Newton Shows Flashes in his First NFL Action

• The first overall pick of the NFL draft played in his first NFL game on Saturday night against the New York Giants. Although there's definitely room for improvement, he showed some flashes of the brilliance that helped him to lead Auburn to the 2010 NCAA Title and become the #1 pick of the 2011 NFL Draft.
• Newton did not start the game (that honor went to Jimmy Clausen) but came in at the beginning of the second quarter and played the second and third quarters. He completed 8 of 19 pass attempts. He did not throw a touchdown, but also did not throw an interception. Newton came in after Clausen threw an interception early in the game and was booed loudly by Panther fans who are none too enamored with Clausen after a brutal 2010 season.
• Newton may not have had the best numbers after his first game, but he did not look overwhelmed which is an improvement to Panthers fans and made at least one jaw dropping throw that will have Panthers fans excited for the future.