Easy Ryder

Golf's Ryder Cup is less than a month away, so get ready for the silliest bunch of stories of the sports year. Ones like this and this, about how the 12 members of the American team need to bond, form a cohesive unit, even travel for two days this week to Ireland to get in some quality time together. Now that we have read how little sleep team captain Tom Lehman got last week while worrying about his two picks for the team, we will soon be hearing about how little sleep he is getting while he struggles to get just the right pairings for the good ole U.S.A. squad.

Oh, puh-leeze. What a bunch of -- how do I say this delicately? -- horse manure. I could be the Ryder Cup captain, and it wouldn't make one bit of difference in the result. I know enough from watching golf on TV to create pairings that would do well enough to win, if, of course, Team American is playing better than the other guys, which is kind of the key to all this even if Tom Lehman is the second coming of Vince Lombardi.

As Keyshawn Johnson might say, just hit the damn ball.