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Live blog break

Bill Jempty — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:51:36 +0000

I will be stopping for dinner shortly after 6 p.m. So updates will be delayed for a brief time

OTB Sports to report on The Inaugural Stanford International Pro-Am

Bill Jempty — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:12:14 +0000

For the second time, OTB media will be covering a South Florida LPGA golf tournament. Next month’s Stanford International Pro-Am to be played at The Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort and Club in Aventura, Fla. Last November I covered the year ending ADT Championship in West Palm Beach. The Stanford will mark the first regular season LPGA event in South Florida other than the ADT since 2001.

The Stanford International will have a $2 million purse with $300,000 going to winner.

Much like the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on the PGA tour, 112 LPGA professionals will play up to the first 54 holes with amateur partners. Some of whom will include Eight-time tennis Grand Slam winner Ivan Lendl, actresses Catherine Bell and Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Miami Dolphin kicker and Co-captain Jay Feely, Baseball Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt,Television news anchor Stone Phillips, TV personality Carson Daly, supermodel Beverly Johnson and celebrity chef Ming Tsai.

The Stanford International will be played April 24-27 and I will be in attendance all those days plus April 23rd. OTB Media hopes you will check back next month to read about this exciting new tournament.

OTB Sports to live blog LPGA Tour’s year ending ADT Championship

Bill Jempty — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:38:43 +0000

Yesterday I was approved for media credentials in order to cover the final US women’s golf event of 2007. This will be the first time a sporting event was blogged live in person by OTB Sports.

I will be in attendance 4 or 5 days that week. Every day I will walk the course with one of the players and then be in the press room at the end of the day for interviews.

The LPGA to my knowledge has never approved a blogger before. I have to thank two people for helping persuade the LPGA to change their policy. First, James Joyner, the proprietor of OTB Media. James was very kind to sponsor my application. Second, is Palm Beach Post golf writer and blogger, Craig Dolch. Craig put a word in for me with the PR agency handling the event. Thank you James and Craig.

The ADT is a four-day tournament, the winner getting one million dollars. The field starts with 32 players, after Friday’s round it is cut to the low 16. After Saturday’s play, a cut is again made to the low 8. On Sunday all scores are reset. Meaning whoever has the low score on Sunday wins.

Last year’s winner was Julieta Granada. Hope some of you check my coverage next month.

Site Redesign

James Joyner — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:13:23 +0000

OTB Sports has undergone a facelift as part of a forthcoming re-launch of OTB Media.

Please submit any bug reports in the comments below.

Server Issues

James Joyner — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:42:02 +0000

We were down most of yesterday with some server issues. I think we’re fine now. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Welcome to OTB Sports

James Joyner — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:59:14 +0000

Welcome to OTB Sports, a companion to Outside the Beltway focusing on, well, sports.

While OTB (The Original Blog) features sports commentary from time-to-time, I read a lot more about sports (especially the Dallas Cowboys, Atlanta Braves, and Alabama Crimson Tide) than I want to include there. This site will be a weblog in the original sense: A log of things of interest that I’ve come across on the Web related to sports. Sometimes, I’ll have commentary and analysis, sometimes just a link and an excerpt.

Soon, I hope to bring on some beat reporters to cover their favorite teams. If you’re a blogger, whether you share my political views or not, who would like to come aboard, send me a note.