In case you missed it, yesterday evening kung-fu sensei, John Travolta School of Dance graduate, and off-duty regional sales manager Phil Mickelson was announced by Captain Picard, er, Furyk as one of three U.S. Ryder Cup captains alongside Newsies star Bryson DeChambeau and Tiger Woods. Phil hasn't exactly been on fire this summer, but he's been there and done that, and his experience could prove valuable down the stretch at Le Golf National. Don't believe us? Just check out this Yankee Doodle Dandy that Phil posted to Twitter moments after Tuesday's announcement.
https://twitter.com/PhilMickelson/status/1037085203074707456
The appropriate response here is wow. Not sure where or when Phil snapped this gem, but it has us seeing stars and hearing the screech of an eagle soaring somewhere high overhead. In Phil's own words, it's “patriotic” and “PHIERCE” and is sure to have Sergio and co. shaking in their spikes come the end of the month.
Until, then it repr..

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Here is a functional Bugatti Chiron sports car that drives, looks cool and is made entirely of Lego Technic pieces, and if that sentence doesn’t trigger some form of childlike glee in your central nervous system, you are excused to get back to protesting Nike. Everything about this car hits the precise midpoint between formative-year nerdery and Italian-design opulence; it’s a sports car made out of a toy that works and — if we were to guess — is currently being used to hunt down spies. Lego spies, mainly, and probably little tiny ones whose hands don’t move and whose arms only go up and down, but still.
Readers of a certain demographic — pretty much anyone between the ages of 3 and 98 — can probably agree that Legos remain the best toy ever produced, with the obvious exception of the automatic water-balloon filler (NOBEL PRIZE) and the time G.I. Joe made an action figure out of The Fridge. (PROBABLY NOT A NOBEL PRIZE)
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Icon SportswireFlorida State fans had plenty of reason to be optimistic as their Seminoles warmed up at Doak Campbell Stadium on Monday night prior to a marquee matchup with Virginia Tech. The 'Noles rolled out their new black alternate uniforms, quarterback Deondre Francois was back under center after missing the entire season in 2017 with an injury, new coach Willie Taggart was ready to usher in a new era and they even did a super intimidating “swag surf” right before kickoff. It had all the makings of an electric night in Tallahassee.
Then, the game started, and Florida State's offense fell as flat as an offense possibly could have. Taggart, whose offenses have been points-scoring machines in his most recent stops at South Florida and Oregon, had the punt team on speed dial as his team failed to advance the ball drive after drive. They did manage two big plays, a 30-yard pass completion to the Virginia Tech one-yard line and an 85-yard run by Cam Akers to the Tech six-yard..