XXXIII Olympic Summer Games, Paris 2024 (Day -2-Day X)

Just the other day, I was thinking how I might get rid of Peacock since we've now completed binging Modern Family, Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine--and no one else in my house is especially interested in doing Cheers or Roseanne. Man, I'm so glad now that I got distracted by something and forgot to cancel it!

Current medals standings: 

1. France 0 gold, 0 silver, 0 bronze

Previous reports:

-- I Olympic Summer Games, Athens 1896

-- XXX Olympic Summer Games, London 2012 

-- XXXI Olympic Summer Games, Rio 2016 

-- XXXII Olympic Summer Games, Tokyo 2020

1977

Let's let Mel Allen get us all jazzed up for the All-Star Game ...

Actually, I won't see it tonight--(rich) 1977 me is going to the Nina Simone show. But I won't miss a play because, fortunately, Santa Claus brought me one of these for Christmas last year ...

10 Dec 1976, Fri The Paducah Sun (Paducah, Kentucky) Newspapers.com

Comments flow ...

British Open: Day Three

Here are the leaders after the second round:

1.  S. Lowry (IRL):  -7 (66+69=135)

T2.  D. Brown (ENG):  -5 (65+72=137)

T2.  J. Rose (ENG):  -5 (69+68=137)

T4.  B. Horschel:  -2 (72+68=140)

T4.  D. Burmester (RSA):  -2 (71+69=140)

T4.  S. Scheffler:  -2 (70+70=140)

T7.  C. Conners (CAN):  -1 (71+70=141)

T7.  J. Day (AUS):  -1 (73+68=141)

T7.  X. Schauffele:  -1 (69+72=141)

T7.  P. Cantlay:  -1 (73+68=141)

Here are the oddsmakers' favorites:

S. Lowry (IRL):  +190

S. Scheffler:  +350

J. Rose (ENG):  +650

British Open: Day Two

Here are the leaders after Day One:

1.  D. Brown (ENG):  -6 (65)

2.  S. Lowry (IRL):  -5 (66)

3.  J. Thomas:  -3 (68)

T4.  A. Noren (SWE):  -2 (69)

T4.  N. Hojgaard (DEN): -2 (69)

T4.  J. Rose (ENG):  -2 (69)

T4.  R. Henley:  -2 (69)

T4.  X. Schauffele:  -2 (69)

T4.  M. Hughes (CAN):  -2 (69)

T4.  J. Dean (ENG): -2 (69)

Here are the betting favorites:

S. Scheffler:  +400  (Scheffler is 1 under after one round)

S. Lowry (IRL):  +450

X. Schauffele:  +600

Justin Thomas Is Leading the British Open

1.  J. Thomas:  -3 (18 holes)

T2.  A. Noren (SWE):  -2 (18)

T2.  N. Hojgaard (DEN):  -2 (18)

T2.  J. Rose (ENG):  -2 (18)

T2.  R. Henley:  -2 (18)

T2.  B. Koepka:  -2 (8)

T2.  X. Schauffele:  -2 (8)

T2.  M. Hughes (CAN):  -2 (4)

Rory McIlroy (NIR) shot a 78 (7 over par), so he's out of it.

Bryson DeChambeau shot a 76 (5 over par), so he's probably out of it.