Don't appreciate golf?  Return tomorrow.   What is the state of men's professional golf?   In turmoil : In one corner, the new Saudi-backed LIV ( called so because play 54 holes in 3 days instead of 72 in 4 ) Golf group, an enhancement of the Asian Tour. The CEO is Greg Norman.  He played villain almost 30 years ago when he tried to establish a super golf League competing for massive purses.  Failed to get started. Supposedly paid Phil Mickelson $200 million and Dustin Johnson $100 million to join. Offered Jack Nicklaus $100 million to be the public face and Tiger Woods a whole lot of money...but they declined. Will have 8 events. There will be 48 players in each tournament, playing as individuals and part of a four-man team. No cuts. It will be a shotgun start. $25 million purse in each event. Last weekend completed its first tournament in London with 21 of the top 50 professional golfers.   Charl Schwartzel ( right ) won $4.75 million. Phil Mickelson won $146,000.  This chart

Let me start with the National Football League.   First of all, a high school football player has one chance in 1250 to become a NFL player.  But if you make it, the median salary is $860,000/year.   The  top earners  are quarterbacks, ranging from Patrick Mahomes ($45 million) to #11 Ryan Tannehill ($29.5 million).   Super Bowl QBs Matt Stafford is at #15 with $27 million and Joe Burrow around $9 million.   But it's not as simple as that , for Matt Ryan has a cap hit of $48,662,500, Josh Allen will get this year $46,961,405 in cash. Mahomes has a 10-year contract worth $450,000,000. Tom Brady has so far earned $320,232,980 in all his professional years. Maybe it's  safest being a kicker , as the average playing time with the league is seven years, the average kicker makes $1.8 million/year, and the league has penalties if an opposing player just touches one. Also consider that players are free around half of the year. All that information to tell you that each Super Bowl play

From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):          DAY    USA    WORLD     Brazil      India      South Africa June     9    1093     4732        1185        246        82 July    22     1205     7128        1293      1120       572 Aug    12     1504     6556        1242       835       130 Sept     9     1208      6222       1136      1168        82 Oct     21     1225      6849         571       703        85 Nov    25     2304    12025        620       518      118 Dec     30     3880    14748      1224       299      465 Jan      14       4142    15512       1151         189      712                            20      4385    17350      1382        152     566             28       3908   16388      1439       162     555   Feb      1       1904     9265        609         94     235 Summary:  I hesitate inserting Monday counts, for they are usually too low, but let's see what happens tomorrow.  In any case, from The New York Times this morning,  The number of new