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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.

Paul Edelstein is a New York native who now lives in Boca Raton, FL. This week is caddying for Justin Peters at the 2010 Stadion Athens Classic at UGA. Having adopted the University of Florida Gators as his favorite college football team, he could not resist taking the opportunity to tweak fans of the University of Georgia Bulldogs on their home turf, donning the blue and orange of the Gators.

"I am surprised that nobody gave us grief as we played today," said Edelstein. "I was afraid they would throw Justin off of his game if they did."

That is good as Peters only made it into the event as the 12th alternate and has only made $3,563 in two events.

Edelstein may be brave on the golf course, but he is pragmatic off of the course, as he has not worn these colors into any of the downtown restaurants.

Bradley Iles of New Zealand rolled off four consecutive birdies on his last four holes to finish 5 under and take a share of the clubhouse lead at the 2010 Stadion Athens Classic at UGA on the Nationwide Tour. Almost simultaneously on the connected 9th green, Martin Piller muffed a short chip shot from the back of the green and bogeyed the hole, dropping him one shot out of the lead.

Aussie Steven Bowditch is a solitary figure this morning on the driving range at this week's Stadion Athens Classic at UGA. With the morning rounds all teed off, the journeyman pro is wondering if getting to Athens at 3:00 AM this morning was worth the effort. But when you are told you are now the first alternate to get into the tournament, you do what you have to do so to get your scratch. Even if that means sleeping in your car.

Here is a breakdown of the awards received by each network/organization at the 31st Annual Sports Emmy Awards in New York City last night.

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards took place last night in New York City, and the presentation of awards has concluded. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Editing goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards took place last night in New York City, and the presentation of awards has concluded. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Promotional Announcement (Institutional) goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards took place last night in New York City, and the presentation of awards has concluded. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Graphic Design is a tie and goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards took place last night in New York City, and the presentation of awards has concluded. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Edited Sports Special goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards took place last night in New York City, and the presentation of awards has concluded. The Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound goes to...

Time to shut down the presses for the night. We will post the remaining 2010 Sports Emmy Award winners tomorrow. Have a great night!

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards took place tonight in New York City, and the presentation of awards has concluded. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Sports Personality - Studio Host goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards took place tonight in New York City, and the presentation of awards has concluded. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding New Approaches Sports Programming (Short Form) goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards took place tonight in New York City, and the presentation of awards has concluded. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding New Approaches Sports Event Coverage  goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards has concluded. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding New Approaches (Sports Programming) goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards continues. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Documentary goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards continues. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards continues. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Live Sports Series goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards continues. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Live Sports Special goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards continues. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Live Event Turnaround goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards continues. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Sports Journalism goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards is underway. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Long Feature is a tie and goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards is underway. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards has begun. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Post-Produced Audio/Sound is a tie and goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards has begun. The 2010 Sports Emmy George Wensel Technical Achievement Award goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards has begun. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Promotional Announcement (Episodic) goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards has begun. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Daily Studio Show goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards has begun. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Open/Tease goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards has begun. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards has begun. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Camera Work goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards has begun. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Sports Personality - Event Analyst goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards has begun. The 2010 Sports Emmy Dick Schaap Writing Award goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards has begun. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Sports Personality - Play-By-Play goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards has begun. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Oustanding Technical Team (Studio) goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards has begun. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Short Feature goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards has begun. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding TECHNICAL TEAM REMOTE goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards has begun. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Sports Personality - Studio Analyst goes to...

The 2010 Sports Emmy Awards are underway in New York City, and the presentation of awards has begun. The 2010 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly goes to...

John Daly has not played in a Nationwide Tour event since 1991. That apparently did not stop him from trying to get a sponsor's exemption in this week's Stadion Athens Classic at UGA. I first heard the rumor yesterday from a University of Georgia golfer. A follow-on rumor was that he was still planning to drive on up to Athens, even if he was not playing. So the best way to confirm or deny these rumors was to go to the source himself : @PGA_JohnDaly on Twitter.

Looking out at the University of Georgia Course media center from the Stadion Athens Classic at UGA, it is easy to say that this Nationwide Tour event, now in its fifth year year in Athens, has to some extent taken a step up from its previous incarnation at Jennings Mill Country Club. The golf course is far superior. The tournament, now "owned" by the University of Georgia, is not suffering the financial burdens of bankruptcy that the former host course. And for sports media covering this event, we should have no complaints as we have better facilities than the players.

The NCAA has announced a new 14-year television, internet and wireless rights agreement with CBS Sports and Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. to present the expanded Division I Men’s Basketball Championship beginning in 2011 through 2024 for more than $10.8 billion. ESPN dropped out of the bidding. ESPN dropped out of the bidding for the tournament, now expanded to 68 teams starting next year.

 Baseball season has just gotten underway, but the 2010 NFL Schedule is coming out. Here is the 2010 NBC Sport Sunday Night Football schedule, followed by their press release.

Sitting in the 18th Tower at Augusta National, CBS Sports commentator Jim Nantz (biography) had no moral high ground from which he could criticize Tiger Woods for his off course behavior. But he did have the catbird's seat to "hear" whatever came from Tiger's mouth during play. That is he could hear whenever producer Lance Barrow (biography) decided to show Tiger live with a microphone trained on him and had it piped into his IFB and/or headset. So those times that Tiger did let his temper get the best of him irked Jim Nantz, as reported on Yahoo Sports' Devil Ball Golf blog. But Nantz's criticisms of Tiger's on-air vocabulary are, in the bigger picture, hypocritical when you look at any television network's body of work.

Without comment, here is the transcript of Tiger Woods' April 5, 2010 press conference from Augusta National Golf Club, site of the 2010 Masters, from ASAP Sports.

Clash of the Titans in 3D? Nah, pass. How about the 2010 Men's NCAA Final Four? Maybe you would be up for that? Well if you are lucky enough to live close enough to one of the cities showing the games in 3D, you can take advantage of the partnership between Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM),  CBS Sports, the NCAA and LG Electronics USA to see the game.

Print media guides? Who will need stinkin' print media guides now that the much balleyhooed and hyped iPad is arriving in stores? The answer is no one will if, and only if, two things happen. The first is that teams at all levels will need to get all of their historic and current information into digital form. The second is that collegiate and professional teams/leagues would need to come together and agree on a presentation standard across all leagues and teams.

While these are big "IF", the results could be a transformation for the sports broadcast booth (and production trucks), as well as print media, that is unlike any other. This is not hype, this is truth, and here is why.