Show Recap - Monday April 12, 2010

Hard to imagine Tiger Woods wasn't the biggest story at the Masters but he wasn’t. Phil Mickelson, winning his third green jacket, with his family on hand to see it, was. Look, I know some of his peers question his sincerity; and that he’s not nearly as popular with them as he is with the fans and media, but if you didn’t get caught up in his win or his moment yesterday, that says more about you than it does him. Anyone who has ever dealt with cancer knows there’s nothing nastier or scarier. Imagine it being your wife or your mother, and then imagine it, being both, as it is in his case. Imagine having 3 young kids and wondering if their mother is going to be around to raise them, or if your wife will be by your side and the same with your mother and your children's grandmother.

You could see where he had struggled and hadn't won coming into the tourney. What’s nearly impossible to see, is how he put it all together this past weekend, then... More »

Already, some are asking if Tiger Woods' aura and mystique are dead.

C’mon, for real? Sure he couldn’t run down Angel Cabrera at the U.S. open. and he did let Y.E. Yang go by him at the PGA Championship and yes, he got worse not better as this past weekend wore on. But in the end, asking this guy to just show up and win the Masters after not playing a tournament in five months, enduring the biggest sex scandal in history, and suffering the most dramatic fall from grace ever, was way to much to ask. Considering how much time he missed, how much rust there was to knock off and how jacked up his swing was, to even finish fourth was unbelievable. It speaks to how brass this guy is and it shouldn’t give everyone else on tour hope. It should inspire fear. If he can just roll out of sex rehab and nearly win the Masters, how much better will he be two months from now when the U.S. Open rolls around and he’s had all that time to work on his dome, swing and short game.... More »

Info & Stats: Sportswriter | Author of 24 Books | Sports Commentator

Topics: Phil Mickelson has shown he can play greatly through tough times | Was wondering if Mickelson would ever win another major | Phil is the ultimate risk taker | Phil’s shot on the 13th one of the most remarkable ever at Masters | Phil and Amy’s embrace had to give you goose bumps | Thought Tiger Woods’ performance was average all week | Woods’ dodged the tough questions | Not surprised Tiger played good | Part of Tiger’s greatness is his selfishness | Fred Couples’ drive | Demeanor fools’ people | Anthony Kim has shown flashes where he can be as good as anyone | Book Tour next month

Info & Stats: PGA Golfer | 3rd At The 2010 Masters | Tied for 7th At The 2008 U.S. Open | 3 PGA Tour Wins |

Anthony on the Masters: “Hands down, the coolest event all year.”

Topics: Live from Augusta | Feel really good | Los Angels Lakers talk | Lakers don’t need the 1 seed in the Western Conference Playoffs | Guys still cracking on Pau Gasol for being soft | The guys that are crying about Gasol are usually the losers | His thumb | Having surgery on his thumb and going through rehab | Developed bad habits because of the injured thumb | Feel real good right now | Putting last week was rough but my ball striking was good | The Masters is hands down the coolest event we play all year | Last years tournament; thinking he was going to win | Taking things personal | Doesn’t like to read positive things about himself |