The merchandise tent is always a decent place to start when assessing the commercial vulgarity associated with modern-day Ryder Cups. At Bethpage, they are flogging 24-carat gold coins 100 were available on Tuesday morning, presumably still are now with Keegan Bradley's signature attached. The price? $7,500 (5,500). There must be an assumption Ryder Cup fans leave their senses at the gates.
The Daniel Levy era is over. Tottenham Hotspur announced on Thursday that Levy had stepped down as the club's executive chairman, though later reports indicated that the Lewis family, the majority owners of Spurs, had in fact made the decision. After 25 years at the helm, Levy walks away without much in the way of affection from supporters. It's not easy to justify unpopular big club behaviour like churning through managers and backing a European Super League without the trophies to back it up.
Fifa has been urged by leading supporters' groups to block domestic league matches from being played abroad and avoid a Pandora's box of disarray for football, as the prospect of major European fixtures taking place on different continents looms large. World football's governing body is likely to be tasked with deciding whether Villarreal face Barcelona in Miami in December after La Liga's request to make the switch was approved and submitted by the Spanish football federation.