REMOTE PATROL
Fore: PGA Championship resumes, 6:45 a.m. TNT, switches at 1 p.m. to Ch. 4.
1-2-3: 10-game winner Scott Diamond pitches for Twins vs. Rays. 1 p.m., FSN.
Prior glory: Replay of 2003 Gophers vs. Wisconsin football game. 4 p.m., BTN.
Good night, London: Closing Ceremony from the Olympics. 7 p.m., Ch. 11.
THE BUZZ
CLICK PICK If you have Peyton-mania, Grantland.com's Bill Barnwell has a large dose of reality. He writes that the Broncos, despite the addition of Manning, are heading for a disappointing season. "If the Broncos had lost even one more game [last year]," he writes, "they wouldn't have made the playoffs, would have probably struggled to convince Manning that they were a true contender."
fast fact With the addition of Dwight Howard, the five projected Lakers starters have gone to a combined 33 All-Star Games. Four of the five have been picked for at least four All-Star teams.
LETTERS OF THE WEEK
Send yours to mrand@startribune.com
AFTER THE PERFORMANCE OF TSUYOSHI NISHIOKA AGAINST CLEVELAND IT IS OBVIOUS MANAGEMENT MADE TWO VERY BIG MISTAKES:
1) Signing him to an expensive contract and 2) calling him up again. He is not a major league-quality player. The Twins organization needs to cut its losses, pay off his contract and move on.
Wayne Terry, Battle Lake, Minn.
Greatest athlete ever? Jim Souhan's "greatest athlete" column has to be taken with a grain of salt. It makes for a great story as Souhan covers the Olympics, but it defines "greatest athlete" by saying Usain Bolt, a man who runs faster than anyone ever did over the course of two Olympics, must be the greatest athlete. I think Souhan should have simply declared Bolt is the greatest track athlete ever. He surely is that. But each sport is unique onto itself and each should be judged within its own parameters.
George Larson, Minneapolis