League Notes
GOLF WORLD's John Hawkins writes the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup "made some promises it couldn't keep, the most obvious being that a season-long points race would induce the game's superstars to play more often." Tiger Woods leads the points standings "despite making just eight starts in 23 weeks." The new system has "created zero buzz, even among the most knowledgeable and passionate golf fans. From a newsworthiness standpoint, it has proved almost totally irrelevant" (GOLF WORLD, 6/15 issue).
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Stearns Feels Another
MLB Hearing Is In Order
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MLB: U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), who held hearings on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in MLB when he chaired the Commerce, Trade & Consumer Protection Subcommittee in '05, "said he thinks another hearing is in order." Stearns said in a statement, "It obviously still remains a problem in MLB." The new chair, Bobby Rush (D-IL), "could not be reached for comment but he did co-author a letter with Stearns to [MLB steroid investigator George] Mitchell in February giving his support" (N.Y. POST, 6/15).
NFL: Late Steelers OT Justin Strzelczyk, who died in car accident three years ago at the age of 36, showed "early signs of brain damage that experts said was most likely caused by the persistent head trauma" while playing in the NFL, according to a diagnosis by Univ. of Pittsburgh neuropathologist Bennett Omalu. Strzelczyk is the fourth former NFL player to have been found after his death to have a condition "similar to that generally found only in boxers with dementia or people in their 80s" (N.Y. TIMES, 6/15).
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