July 15th update

Lewis takes advantage of good pairing at British Open

• The British Open (also called the Open Championship) began yesterday with amateur Tom Lewis sharing the early lead with Thomas Bjorn at -5. Lewis set the record for the lowest score ever by an amateur at the Open, edging out Tiger Woods among others.
• But here's where it really gets interesting. Lewis was paired with 61 year old Tom Watson, whom his father idolized when he played on the European Tour and is actually who Lewis was named after. So apparently having an inexperienced kid pair up with his namesake for a tournament yields some pretty good results. If this had been Day 4 and not Day 1, we might have the basis for a straight-to-Hallmark channel movie.
• Let's hope the kid continues his hot streak so we can look for Ryan Reynolds, Dennis Quaid and Sandra Bullock in the spring of 2013. Or let's at least hope he finds a way to get paired with Watson again.
• Rory McIlroy had a slow start, shooting +1.


Georgia Tech next in line to get smashed by NCAA

• The NCAA has officially put Georgia Tech on probation for the next 4 years, fined the school $100,000 and stripped its ACC title game victory from the 2009 football season.

• The allegations arose from WR Demaryius Thomas receiving barely more than $300 in clothing from an agent and unspecified benefits given to S Morgan Burnett, both of whom were drafted in the 2010 NFL draft. While the issues arose because of these infractions, the primary reason for such a harsh penalty is because Georgia Tech seems to have alerted the players that investigation was upcoming and given them instruction on how to answer questions.

• Recruiting violations have run rampant in the very strict NCAA and Southern California, North Carolina, Ohio State and others have all joined Georgia Tech in teams crushed by NCAA rules issues over the past year.