DL3 and Ollie announce pairings in the Pomp and Circumstance

It’s about time. Balls will finally be in the air in about 13 hours when the foursomes get underway with the first match starting at 7:20am. I might stand up in the middle of the press room and perform a cheer. Or not. But wow, now I know what all the veteran scribes were warning me about. The lead-up to the Ryder Cup is a somewhat tedious, drawn-out event. I’m guessing you’re all just as excited for the talk to stop and the golf to commence. (continue reading…)

Sergio and Dustin in a(nother) grand, brilliant PR stunt

As you may have heard, the 2012 London Olympics officially kick off with an Opening Ceremony of epic proportions — check out the pictures leaking onto the inter-webs in this breaking story unfolding rapidly! — that we’ll all probably watch online via YouTube and other sources of non-NBC live-stream before we actually catch the “real” version on the tape-delayed NBC broadcast (tonight at 7:30pm ET and PT <<collective groan>> — sucks an extra three hours to live on the West Coast!). (continue reading…)