This may fire up U.S. golf fans
Not quite sure what to make of The (London) Times' great columnist Simon Barnes' broadside against the United States, saying our recent failures in Ryder Cup golf are a symptom of our supposed bad attitude about international sport.
Barnes writes: There is a deep and terrible confusion that runs through the players: they are all proudly and publicly patriotic Americans, but they just don't get the team thing. But there is another, still deeper, problem and it affects all American sports. It is tempting to say that it is one of the problems with America, they don't get international sport.
After reading the whole thing, you're tempted to ask if he's heard of the 1980 U.S. hockey team or the 1999 U.S. women's soccer team; if he's noticed our hunger for "foreign" food; or if his point is moot if the U.S. holds onto Friday's Ryder Cup lead over the European team through the weekend.
But you have to wonder if he has a good point or two.
Anyone?
Footnote, Sept. 22: What must Barnes think now that the U.S. golfers have mustered enough team spirit to defeat the Europeans?
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Kevin Modesti watches sports from a new angle since his promotion from sports columnist to sports editor for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. In his new blog, Modesti not only comments on the big sports stories of the moment-- he talks about what makes them big. Think of it as a conversation with readers about how these stories should be covered.
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