Weekly Sporties

-Yesterday, 17 year-old Jordan Spieth of Dallas made the cut at the Byron Nelson Championship for the second straight year. Now, Jordan is scheduled to be a freshman at the University of Texas next year and as such he can't keep any prize money he makes this weekend (last year he would have walked away with roughly $90,000). Therefore, you might think that Spieth would be tempted to forgo school, take the money and turn pro. Now, normally this would be where I tell Spieth that he's played this course hundreds of times and because of that he has a tremendous advantage over his fellow competitors, he shouldn't judge himself by how he plays this one week and that going to school for a couple of years would make him a far better player in the long-run. Only, I don't need to say any of that because Jordan said pretty much exactly that in an interview Friday afternoon. He seems exceptionally grounded. For once I have high hopes a teen prodigy is going to turn out ok.

-On Monday Fred Wilpon, the owner of the New York Mets, gave an interview in which he categorized several of the Mets players as over-priced and under-performing. That's all well and good for a guy hosting a show on New York sports talk radio, but probably unwise for the guy who owns the team. After all he's the guy who put this team together, so he's essentially saying, "Hey, everyone, I did a terrible job." Honesty only gets you so far in sports management. Not to mention the other potential impact. While he doesn't have to worry about pissing off the current Mets players because, frankly, he's not wrong when he says they mostly stink, he should worry about how he's going to look to other potential free-agents the team may want to go after. No one wants to play for a guy who's an idiot and a loudmouth.

-Then again it may not matter because the Wilpons might not own the team that much longer anyway. Not only did they lose a ton of money in the Bernie Madoff scheme, but they are now being sued by people who lost even more than they did, claiming the Wilpons knew what was going on and did nothing. As it is, they already had to sell 49% of their team this week for a reported $200 million, a figure which makes it sound like they were desperate for the cash. I know $200 million sounds like a lot of money, but if you can get 49% for $200 million, quick math leads me to believe the entire team would only cost $400 million. This is a team in the largest media market in the world, so even though they take a back seat to the Yankees, it still seems awfully cheap. (For perspective, the Houston Astros were recently sold for $680 million.) You know, I'm not sure if the Wilpons are smart enough to pull off a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme.

-One last baseball note: it was announced that former Giant Barry Bonds is going to pay for the college educations for the children of Bryan Stow, a Giant fan beaten into a coma by a group of rival fans after attending a Giants game against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. Some in the media have accused Bonds of simply doing this to get some good publicity after his very public and embarrassing trial for lying to a grand jury. Personally, I'm almost positive that is what Bonds is doing. I'm also positive I don't care. That family is going to be swamped with medical bills, they'll take whatever help they can. Even if Bonds is only doing it as a PR stunt at least someone other than Bonds will benefit. It's like that old saying: if you are going to pretend to be someone you're not, at least pretend to be someone nice.

-A couple days ago someone leaked the story that Danica Patrick is going to begin a two-year plan following this year's Indianapolis 500 that would phase her out of Indy car and into NASCAR full-time by 2012. I'm sorry, but am I the only one who is sick of this girl? I mean, she hasn't won anything at her current racing level except one race that no other elite drivers showed up at. Shouldn't she at least prove she can drive successfully before she gets a raise? This isn't even failing up, this is not even trying and still moving up the ladder.

-While we're on the subject of racing, NASCAR driver Kyle Busch was pulled over this week while going 128 mph. I don't have a joke for this, I'm just really surprised it doesn't happen all the damn time. I go too fast transitioning from off the highway to streets with traffic signals, I have no idea how you go from being able to drive 200 mph to suddenly being asked to keep it under 65.

-So, former Cavaliers coach Mike Brown was hired as the new Lakers coach and most people don't think it's going to be a good fit. I disagree. One of the hardest thing about coaching superstars in the NBA is learning that they are really the ones in charge because coaches are much easier to replace. Well, Mike Brown already coached LeBron James, so he'll be used to it when Kobe completely ignores what he drew up in the huddle to go 1-on-5. It's like buying sneakers that have already been broken in. Saves a ton of time.

-Nets forward Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian got engaged the other day when Kris game Kim a diamond ring worth $2 million dollars. If I could speak to Kris for a second: Dude, I've shopped for an engagement ring before - it's supposed to be 2 months salary, not 2/3 of a year's salary. And, I hate to break it to you buddy, but this isn't gonna work out. You don't make enough to support this girl. You're a marginal NBA forward who will be lucky to get a contract next season and marrying a girl who comes with her own camera crew isn't going to help you in free agency. (Teams hate distractions.) Meanwhile, one of the Kardashian sisters already came out and said your wedding would rival the Royal Wedding. Does that sound like a girl who knows how to save money for the impending lockout? As Chris Rock once said, women become accustomed to a certain lifestyle and I'm not sure you can keep Kim at the level she expects. You're about to spend your entire rookie contract on a wedding that is going to be annulled within six months. Think this through.