Detroit Free Press

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- The world will come to like Nick Faldo. It's either that, or turn off the TV set for the next few years. So what if he plays like a dentist: drill, rinse, spit? Since when does a clinical victory count less than the others?

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Winning, they used to say, isn't everything, it's the only thing. But that was a long ...

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Payne Stewart has a gorgeous golf swing, an amazing short game, a deft putting stroke -- ...

"It's the most difficult hole in the world."-- Seve BallesterosST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- First you pick a letter. ...

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Before I get to my newest favorite athlete and my personal choice to win this year's British Open, a golfer who is allergic to grass, I want to tell you about an exciting new travel experience: sitting on a highway, waiting for a Scottish tow truck! Sounds great, huh? This is how I spent much of my first day here Wednesday, after my rent-a-car broke down somewhere between The Firth of Forth and The Fifth of Schnapps.

MALTA -- So it turns out, I am the last to learn that Jacques Demers was fired. That'll teach me to go on ...

WIMBLEDON, England -- Well, ladies and gents, thanks for tuning in to another edition of the BBC series, "Boris ...

WIMBLEDON -- In a good play, the secondary characters peel away, one at a time, taking their bows, until the star of the show is left alone in the applause. This is how it should be. This is how it was Saturday afternoon, under warm and cloudy skies at Centre Court, Wimbledon. Martina Navratilova shook hands with history, solo at last, and took her bows.