Monday, June 18, 2007

US Open Thoughts

NBC executives might be the only people waking up this morning happier than Angel Cabrera. After an exciting finish which included Tiger Woods needing a birdie on the 72nd hole of the tournament to force a playoff, NBC can forget about their 4th place standing in prime time ratings for a day. With a Father’s Day finish on a very hot afternoon for much of the country, Sunday’s ratings for the latest installment of the US Open should embarrass the pathetic numbers the NBA Finals produced for ABC. Meanwhile, David Stern is too busy finding the next exhibition game in Germany to notice that very few Americans are paying attention to his game. And no one should be surprised. There was great theater yesterday as the world’s most recognizable sports figure could not catch a pudgy, chain-smoking Argentinian versus the grabbing, flopping, non-shooting of what the NBA has become.

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