Melrose can talk the talk
DeCock: It isn't often an NHL coach hosts his own conference call, but it's clear the Barry Melrose era is going to be different right from the beginning.
Heat proves no damper at Rex Open
DeCock: Scott Gutschewski had to stand on the hill behind the 18th green at TPC Wakefield Plantation and sweat it out as his two closest rivals took their shots at his two-stroke lead.
Big Brown is the best of a weak lot
Luke DeCock: Rallying behind Big Brown is like rallying behind the phone company. He's the Jeff Gordon of horse racing, succeeding where the equine Dale Earnhardt Jrs. have failed.
Mathis driven to succeed
DeCock:Golfer David Mathis is a survivor of countless mini-tours and all-night drives to Monday qualifiers.
Courts can cure cheating
DeCock:Trevor Graham goes on trial Monday in San Francisco on perjury charges, specifically that he lied to federal investigators about supplying steroids to the Olympic athletes he trained in Raleigh.
Hawks on the right rails
DeCock:The celebration was furious and fevered after the apparent game-winning goal, scored in front of the Carolina RailHawks' hardest-core fans.
