Well, I was right about Tiger. He's now made it 5-for-5 in winning the major that Nicklaus said would be his last. Yes, 5 not 4 since Nicklaus previously said the Open Championship in 2000 would be his last, but changed his mind this year when the rotation was switched so this year's Open would be at St. Andrews. Tiger won in 2000, and again here in 2005. He'll have to thank Nicklaus and the R&A for switching the rotation because otherwise he might not have won. But St. Andrews is the course best suited to Tiger's game.

Another thing I was right about is the NHL lockout. They've finally got a deal, but it's pretty much what the players could have gotten a year ago. The players effectively threw away a year. I'm not saying that the owners' position was right. But they could afford to sit out. In fact, they couldn't afford not to. They were losing money and were not prepared to make a deal that wouldn't rectify. They weren't going to blink first. The players should have seen that, and (reluctantly) made a deal when they could to save the season. Alas.

But I understand their position too, so I'm not going to boycott the NHL or anything. If they make changes that will make the game more interesting, I'll check it out. But before the lockout, hockey was boring to the point where I didn't watch it anymore. We'll see if things change.