USA Today - USA - Former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Boomer Esiason believes the team's current signal caller Carson Palmer is poised for an MVP-type year after throwing for 4,035 yards and 28 touchdowns in 2006, less than a year removed from career-threatening knee surgery.

"Carson Palmer came back from a catastrophic injury and had a great, great season," the CBS analyst says. "That ultimately is a true test of whether somebody wants to be great or not.

"He'll have a monster season. Carson will put up 28-30 points on anybody. He will have a 4,000-yard, 35-touchdown season, I bet you."

At the moment, that bet seems a risky

San Diego Union Tribune - United States - It's one thing to ride a bike as fast as Lance Armstrong, drive the lane like Michael Jordan, throw a pass like Carson Palmer or catch one like Jerry Rice.

But hit a golf ball in front of a big crowd?

“Golf,” Armstrong says, stretching out the word like a British sports analyst. “It's a whole 'nother sport, whole 'nother beast. Hell, I get nervous when the lady in the beverage cart pulls up on the tee box.”

And he's not even in the tournament.

The seven-time champion of the Tour de France is set to play in the pro-am event preceding the American