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Most of us have a pretty easy work life. We come onto our offices to do our work, and at the end of the day we go home to our families and lives. Our warfighters (soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen) in theatre do not have that luxury. Many are in a war zone and there is no other way to describe what they deal with: it sucks. So when an organization like FOX Sports can step in and help make their environment better, it is a win all around for everybody. Such was the case at an undisclosed Air Force base in Southwest Asia last month.

It has been an event-filled past 4-5 weeks that led to an unscheduled hiatus here on Eye on Sports Media. A major change in my full-time career, a changes that required my full and undivided attention, kept me beyond busy. Now that the transitions just about done, it is time to come back to this site as time allows. We will pick up tomorrow evening with a series of stories about the ESPN World Cup production and more. Thanks to all of you faithful readers!

I would like to be able to say that I imagined hearing the ESPN audio picking up some Boston Celtic using the "N" word on last night's broadcast of the NBA Finals on ABC Television. But I did not. I heard it and others did too. Surely there was enough time after they went to a commercial break to acknowledge the gaffe and apologize to the viewing audience.

The MLB Network will be airing a replay of Dallas Braden's perfect game masterpiece Monday, May 10, 2010 at 12:30 PM ET for baseball fans to see what they may have missed today. Except for fans from the Tampa Bay and Oakland markets that is. The reason why is unclear, so we have asked the MLB Network for clarification. If an when we get a reply, we will post the reason here.

Baseball lost one of its great voices of yore yesterday when Ernie Harwell lost a year-long battle with cancer. The longtime voice of the Detroit Tigers, who was once involved in a trade, sat down with Bob Costas last year for a lengthy interview on the MLB Network. As part of their tribute to Harwell, MLB Network will be re-airing the interview today (Wednesday, May 6, 2010) at 4:00 PM ET/3:00 PM CT.

Scott Michaux has been covering golf for a long time for the Augusta Chronicle. That means he has been covering Tiger Woods for a long time as well. He was at Quail Hollow on Friday when Tiger Woods' golf game came crashing down on him as he crawled home with a worst-ever professional round of 79. Michaux was at the Nationwide Tour's Stadion Athens Classic at UGA on Sunday. I asked him what he saw in Tiger's game on Friday, and he had a simple answer.

When Texas A&M alum Martin Piller took the turn Sunday during the final round of the Nationwide Tour's 2010 Stadion Athens Classic at UGA (the University of Georgia), he stood two shots back of leader Daniel Summerhays. By the time they got to 72nd hole of the tournament, they were tied at 12 under par.

"Look at this view," said Nationwide Tour media relations representative Joe Chemycz as he looked over the 9th and 18th greens at last week's Stadion Athens Classic at UGA. "There is no better office in the world and I wouldn't trade it for anything."

It was a statement as simple as this that explains why it can so hard to break into sports media relations.

Daniel Summerhays, pictured acknowledging the gallery after completing his round, survived a bogey on the 18th hole of the Nationwide Tour's Stadion Athens Classic at UGA to take a one shot lead over Martin Piller and a two hot lead over New Zealander Bradley Iles. Summerhays shot a 6-under par 65 on Saturday to give him a three round total of -13.

University of Georgia golfers Russell Henley and Harris English dind themselves in an enviable position this week. Based on their season long performance, and the Southeastern Conference Championship victory by Henley two weeks ago at Sea Island (GA), the two earned sponsor exemptions into this week's Stadion Athens Classic at UGA on the Nationwide Tour. There was only one glitch. The event is coinciding with finals week at UGA, forcing the two golfers to balance their practice and playing schedules with their exam schedules. In fact, the biggest risk is when their opening round tee times would be set.