Summary of the Day: July 20, 2006

Tiger Woods has one eagle in each of the first two rounds of the British Open, contributing to his leading score of -12 through two rounds. Welcome back Tiger. As great of a story as Phil Mickelson is now that he has won a major (and more), Tiger is professional golf.

The Red Sox win again behind Curt Schilling while the Yankees lose when Mariano Rivera gives up a home run to Vernon Wells in the 11th inning. Only four weeks until a big five-game series at Fenway Park.

The Tigers beat the White Sox for the second game in a row. With a 5.5 game lead in the division now, Detroit has the momentum. Maybe I was being too conservative in saying that their goals should be to split the remaining games. No, I don't think so. Two games are still only two games, but it is always better to have won them.

The Braves made a trade for Indians closer Bob Wickman. Can they make the playoffs? They think they can. I am not sold yet, but it feels much better that they are in the discussion.

The new owners of the Seattle SuperSonics restated their "desire" to keep the team in Seattle. This is going to be ugly until there is resolution, with both the Sonics and Hornets in a constant state of limbo.