I caught some sports on TV while dial-flipping yesterday. I saw Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick, again. This is supposed to be the current big rivalry in men's tennis, but Roddick had better start winning a few, to merit the word rivalry. On the women's side, Lindsay Davenport beat Anastasia Myskina, this year's French Open champion. Davenport, approaching the end of her career, I think, can count herself lucky that the two top Belgian women (Clisters and Henin-Hardine) and both Williams Sisters are ailing, and Myskina knocked out tennis's new golden girl, Maria Sharapova, for her.

Over on another channel, the NASCAR guys kept making left turns.

On yet another channel, Tiger Woods came in third in the Buick Open golf tournament.

Perhaps the oddest thing I saw was John Daly, in the golf. He came in second to Vijay Singh in a close one. Is John Daly really an athlete, I wonder? He can drive the ball a mile, but jeez, look at him. He's gotta be upwards of 250 pounds. His face is all puffy, and he has a stupendous gut. To golf's shame, he even puffs on cigarettes between shots. On TV. Boy, that's gotta be real bad for golf's image. Imagine a sport where the top pro players smoke while they're playing – and win! In the past, I know Daly's had alcohol problems, too. And yet, he can beat all the other guys (except one) this particular week, including Tiger Woods.

Daly's golf shirt sported two prominent ads: One for "84 Lumber," which is not exactly a sponsor I would normally associate with the upscale game of golf. The other was for Trimspa. As in the weight-loss company. OK, I can see Anna Nicole Smith waving the flag for Trimspa, as she's much slimmed down these days. But John Daly? He's a whale! Nobody is going to look at this guy and say, "Yeah, I need to slim down like John Daly – better get me some Trimspa."