If it's tricky for golfers from multiple countries to come together and unite as one International team in the Presidents Cup, it's even trickier for fans

Pool(Photo by Jose Luis Magana-Pool/Getty Images)Sports are the ultimate distraction. From overwhelming schoolwork, to your family getting on your case, to your boss ruining your weekend by asking for a Monday morning TPS report on Friday afternoon, sometimes you just need a release from reality, and what better getaway than the comforts of a ballgame.
Unfortunately, life does not always allow that escape. The key is finding an alternative route to that entertainment, or rather, how to bring that entertainment to you. Which is all a very wordy way of saying here is a video of a congressman caught watching the Presidents Cup during President Trump's impeachment hearings.
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The congressman in question is Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La, who is instantly our new favorite legislator. (Admission: until now, the only two congressmen we could name were Roger Furlong and Jonah Ryan, both fictional characters, so take that with an entir..

The International team has the lead

The International team has the lead

Capsules of Presidents Cup on the second day Friday

The first Mexican to play at the Presidents Cup is making quite an impression on his peers on the International team

The International team has a three-point lead after two sessions in the Presidents Cup

The International team has a three-point lead after two sessions in the Presidents Cup

Everyone knows Phil Mickelson’s birthday is some time in the middle of June, in part because each year during the U.S. Open, there’s video of fans serenading him at some point during the week.
Rickie Fowler’s birthday is Dec. 13, a date on the calendar when there are typically no pro golf tournaments. Fowler, then, has never really had the pleasure of being properly embarrassed by a public display of an out-of-tune rendition of Happy Birthday. That is until now, with this week’s Presidents Cup being played Down Under, making a December date ideal.
And guess who was doing the first out-of-tune rendition of Happy Birthday? Well none other than his American teammates as they were driving to Royal Melbourne Golf Club ahead of Friday’s foursomes matches. Captain Tiger Woods makes sure the entire bus knows that Rickie is turning the big 3-1, while also making sure they’re aware that Fowler shares the birthdate with another famous celebrity, Taylor Swift.
Take a look … and a listen. Just keep..

For such a wonderful thing, it's funny how mad bat flips still make a small-but-vocal minority of American sports fans. RESPECT they scream over the din of their racist dog whistles. IT'S MORE THAN A GAME they shout about something that is clearly just a game. PLAY THE RIGHT WAY, say folks who have literally never played. All of which is why we are stupendously, gloriously, dizzyingly giddy about this supercut of the decade's best bat flips, which Major League Baseball was kind enough to plaster all over the internet on Thursday afternoon. Suck on this, haterz.
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You hear that sound? That's not the sweet crack of no-doubter after no-doubter. It's the sound of a thousand old-school baseball squares dropping like flies. Someone get these losers a fainting couch and a glass of water. No seltzer though. The bubbles burn their..