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• Obama to Denmark to pitch Olympics bid

President Barack Obama is headed to Denmark to go ice fishing and plead the case for Chicago as the host city for the 2016 Olympics.  “We need this Olympic bid badly,” said Obama to press reporters over the weekend.  From WTP, here’s to better luck than he has had pleading for universal healthcare.

• Phil and Tiger at the Tour Championship

Much to the chagrin of Phil Mickelson, somehow Tiger Woods ending up winning even though he lost.  How did Tiger do that?  Well, that happens when you lose the battle but win the war.  While Phil shot a final round 65 to win by 3 shots over Mr. World Rankings #1, Woods finished better than 8th place to secure a $10 million dollar payday for winning the FedEx Cup. 

“I give up.  Even when I win, I lose to this guy.  F you Tiger.  F You.,” said an unapologetic and dejected Mickelson at his press conference.  

• Speaking of Tiger(s)…How ’bout them Lions?

The Detroit Lions finally ended their 19 game losing streak by defeating the Washington Redskins on Sunday.  Rookie Matthew Stafford led his team to their first victory since the 2007-8 season.  In that time, our country has elected the aforementioned, African-American president, the Rays won the AL Pennant, and our country’s economy has tanked.  Coach Jim Schwartz is cautiously optimistic after the game, “We beat a good Redskins team.  We can’t get too high on this victory.  We still need to prepare for a tough match up with Sterling Heights next week.” 

Sterling Heights Stevenson is a regional powerhouse and hopesto stay undefeated this season as they host the Lions for their homecoming game next Friday.

• College Football

This past weekend saw a lot of Top-25 teams narrowly escape defeat (Michigan,  LSU, Kansas) and others drop the ball (Ole Miss, UNC, FSU, Cal, PSU).  And the number one team in the country, Florida won but lost, when their Heisman candidate (undeservedly so) and senior QB Tim Tebow suffered a concussion. 

I think this is finally the season Boise State or other non-BCS schools threaten to crash the title game, especially with 3 teams in front of Boise State in the same conference.

• Favre proves doubters wrong…

By chucking the ball downfield to an unnamed Minnesota Vikings player.  I wish I could be making this one up, but Brett Favre later admitted that he didn’t know who he was throwing to for the last second TD pass to stun the surprising San Francisco 49ers.   We at WTP called you a “Dick.”  Sorry about that.  You are, but you’re also a helluva QB. 

On a related note, shares of Sears and Wrangler Jeans rose 40% in pre-hour trading. 

• Michael Vick runs the Wild Dog offense for the Eagles in his “dramatic” return to the NFL.

He ran the ball for 7 yards and threw two incomplete passes.

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That is all. 

• Yankees celebrate 100th win, AL East Title, home-field advantage throughout the playoffs (including the World Series because of an asinine rule which makes the All-Star determine who gets home-field advantage but I’ll stop complaining because in this case it gives us home field vs the Dodgers/Phillies/Cardinals/WC Team)

The weather yesterday called for cloudy skies with a chance for CHAMPAGNE SHOWERS.  For all the talk coming into the series from David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox about how they wanted to celebrate a wild card birth in Yankee Stadium, they did a really good job in laying down for the eventual division champs.  So the Yankees won.  They did it in comeback fashion, good starting pitching and lock-down relief pitching.  (Did Bruney always wear 99?  Which was fitting because that’s what he was throwing.)

Magic number:  11 (as in wins for #27 (as in 27th World Championship))

Kathy Willens/ AP