Detroit Free Press

"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.

WIMBLEDON, England -- Ivan Lendl will keep coming back here until they cut his arms and legs off. And he'll never win this tournament. He can practice at his mansion until the servants go home. He can fly to Australia for special training on grass. Heck, he can start sleeping with a Toro lawn mower for all it matters. It won't matter. He is not taking this title.

WIMBLEDON, England -- There was this little bird at Centre Court Thursday that kept landing on the grass and ...

WIMBLEDON, England -- Inside the players' lounge, a British security guard glanced at his watch. Two minutes to ...