It’s not even September, and Cubs fans have already completely lost it

Chicago Cubs fans are skittish creatures. They hate black cats more than a Puritan priest, cling to an irrational goat phobia like grim death, and would rather name their children Diarrhea Face than Steve. I guess that's what 108 years of torment will do to the collective human psyche.
If you thought things were going to Get Better® now that the Cubs finally broke their curse, however, you clearly don't know sports fans. In fact, success—and the fear of losing it—has only made things worse. By late May, with the Cubbies hovering around .500, some fans simply gave up on the season. To the surprise of no one but those Cracker-Jack-stress-eating basket cases, the Cubs made a second-half rally and now lead the NL Central by three and a half games. But has that soothed the Wrigley masses? Hahahaha. Let's check in and see how things are going…
Idiot #1:
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This guy is still rocking last year's playoff beard and looks li..

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Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly wants his team to be more like Jordan Spieth

Notre Dame has had some memorable football seasons in their long history, and let's just say the 2015-2016 edition wasn't one of them. The Fighting Irish went 4-8, highlighted (low-lighted) by home losses to Duke, a terrible Michigan State team and Navy. Four of their losses came by three points or less, but rarely did they show the fight to battle back in any of those close calls.
This led to a lot of changes for the Irish, particularly on the coaching staff of Brian Kelly, who you'll notice is still employed by the university. His coaching hot seat is hotter than ever, something he's well aware of. So aware in fact that he felt the need to write an odd, first-person letter via Yahoo.com, to describe/beg people to understand how different things will be in South Bend in 2017. The most interesting part comes in the very first sentence:
“When Jordan Spieth won the British Open in July, his performance showcased a lot of the ideals we’ve been stressing at Notre Dame t..

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A 79-year-old’s high-speed chase with police damages six golf greens

Golf courses are occasionally the victim of reckless joyriding and vandalism, as seen this past spring at the Golf Club of Houston. Often the perpetrators are teenagers or delinquents. What happened this week in Windsor, New York, is a slightly different tale.
According to WBNG.com, a 79-year-old man was gunned doing 93 miles per hour near the Pennsylvania state line on Monday afternoon. The man, Freddie P. Maliwacki, refused to pull over when signaled by police, with a 30-minute pursuit ensuing. After hitting a spike strip, Maliwacki turned off Route 79 and into Golden Oak Golf Course. The chase ended when Maliwacki ran into an embankment, disabling his car.
On their Facebook page, Golden Oak assured no one on the property was hurt during the ordeal, but did show photos that six greens were damaged as a result of Maliwacki's actions.
Maliwacki was charged with felony counts of first-degree reckless endangerment and second-degree criminal mischief.
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University of Virginia football team promised golf outing if it doesn’t suck this year

Icon Sportswire(Photo by Lee Coleman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)There are plenty of storied programs in college football. The University of Virginia ain't one of 'em.
Despite the ease of making a bowl game — 41 such holiday contests in 2016 alone — the Cavaliers have made just one postseason appearance in the last eight years. Forget “couldn't hit water if you fell out of a boat.” Seems like the Cavs can't even find the dock.
However, if pride wasn't enough to turn around last year's 2-10 fortunes, the team has reason to reach their first bowl since 2011: a round of golf.
Safety Quin Blanding, appearing on coach Bronco Mendenhall's radio show, asked Mendenhall if he'd take the team on an outing to Birdwood Golf Course in Charlottesville if the club enjoyed a non-losing campaign. Mendenhall, citing the team's “Earned Not Given” mantra — which sounds like the result from a “generic sports team slogan” generator — promised Blanding an..

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Jeopardy! contestant takes advantage of really easy golf question

A really easy golf question snuck its way into Tuesday night's episode of Jeopardy! and one man took advantage. OK, so technically, it was a golf answer (You know how Jeopardy! works) and this episode from the Teachers Championship originally aired May 9. Still, it’s always exciting when golf makes it onto the show — even if it was done in a sneaky way by that sly dog Alex Trebek.

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