The combination of the sports world and the rabid, relentless sports media is great therapy. Nearly every single sports day, I find myself thinking, "My life sucks, but thank God I'm not [Insert any athlete, team, or sports celebrity that most recently suffered a soul crushing and/or humiliating moment.]."

This week I have inserted golf legend Tom Watson. All he had to do was sink a fairly routine putt on the very last hole of the British Open to capture the Claret Jug and become arguably the golf story of the year. Instead, he missed the putt miserably. He performed even worse in the playoff with Stewart Cink. With every televised close up of his tragic face, I could not stop thinking about how much he suddenly resembled sad sack character actor William H. Macy (Fargo, Boogie Nights, and The Cooler).

So when you don't get that job because the blonde bombshell gave a better interview, don't feel bad. Just say, "My life sucks, but thank God I'm not Tom Watson."

Speaking of blonde bombshells, ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews was the victim of a peep-hole pervert. The fuzzy nude footage, which shows Andrews getting ready in her hotel room, has actually been on the Internet for months. Only recently did ESPN's lawyers confirm the nude woman's identity as Erin Andrews. The threat of lawsuits have made the video virtually vanish from the Internet. However, both CBS and Fox News found it necessary to run the story, complete with still pictures from the video, The attractive and adorable Andrews is surely aware of how sexuality has made her popular. But nobody should have to get hotel security to check for peep-holes and hidden cameras. And what if Andrews begins to wear clothes on air meant to hide her figure? She may look ridiculous and much less hot. All because some sick and twisted dude actually had the cajones to capture what most sports loving men have only imagined...over and over and over.

Cheer up, fellas! When you leave the bar drunk and alone again this Saturday night, just mutter under your beer breath, "My life sucks, but thank God I'm not Erin Andrews."

Look on the bright side, ladies and degenerates, at least the soul crushing and/or humiliating moments in our lives aren't witnessed by millions and then made into news media entertainment.

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