Michelle Wie has skipped a major in order to play on the PGA Tour that is taking place this week. Other players who are questioning this choice are Paula Creamer, Helen Alredsson, and Annika Sorenstam. Wie has not yet been able to win on any of the women’s tour and has never before made it to the PGA Tour.
Paul Hamm was disappointed to learn that he would not be able to attend this year’s Beijing Olympics. He announced this morning that he would withdrawing from the U.S. team due to a broken right hand and a strained left rotator cuff.
For some reason a variety of former athletes feel that they have to prove themselves to the world that they still have what it takes by taking part in one of the world’s most difficult sports - boxing. When they watch all they see are two strong and big men throwing fists at each other. The point of the game is to beat the other one down with brute strength.
Tony Gonzales is well known for saving his team the Kansas City Chiefs and giving them the win they so desperately need. The Pro Bowl tight end is now known for not only being a sports hero - but also someone who saves lives when needed.
A Californian man says that Gonzales saved his life when he was choking. “Tony saved my life. There’s no doubt,” Ken Hunter, a shipping company manager from Hunntington Beach, California. “Tony came up behind me and gave me the Heimlich maneuver. Thank God he was there.”