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Talking Sports
Aired June 13, 2003 - 06:57 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: To sports now, Mark McKay is with us again, and we're talking roundball, hardball and a mini riot in Japan. But I want to start with golf, because Tom Watson, what a story.
MARK MCKAY, CNN SPORTS: Fifty-three years old and Tom Watson has a share of the lead. This is amazing. At the U.S. Open after he went out and shot a five under par 65 on Thursday. Watson missed the last two U.S. Opens, Carol. And he's playing on a special invitation at Olympia Fields.
It was an emotional day, as we both know.
COSTELLO: Yes, we're looking at Tiger Woods, who didn't do so well in the U.S. Open.
But I want to stay on the subject of Tom Watson for a second because his caddy is in the early stages of Lou Gehrig's Disease.
MCKAY: Right.
COSTELLO: And it was a very emotional time for both yesterday.
MCKAY: Yes, Tom said that afterwards that it was very special, a very special day on so many levels, including the fact that his caddy can give him the inspiration he needs to perhaps, you know, go into the weekend hot. And he certainly is at the moment.
COSTELLO: Yes. Both had tears in their eyes.
MCKAY: Oh, yes.
COSTELLO: It was really touching.
I know that the NBA playoffs resume in -- OK, they do.
Let's go to that mini riot in Japan, though, because that is something else.
MCKAY: Yes, you heard of baseball players, fans getting involved in incidents here in the United States? Well, we have an incident in Japan where not the players and the coaches getting hit...
COSTELLO: Oh, my gosh.
MCKAY: ... but it's players, it's fans versus fans. This was at a Japanese league game earlier this week. Thirty-one people were sent to the hospital. We're not sure how many people were sent to jail after that incident, but it got pretty ugly.
COSTELLO: So the fans jumped out of the stands and began fighting?
MCKAY: It was at the end of -- yes, there was apparently some taunting throughout the game and the tempers heated up and apparently someone actually threw a tear gas canister or something like that into the stands. And so it was pretty ugly, indeed.
COSTELLO: Unbelievable.
Thanks for joining us this morning, Mark.
MCKAY: You're welcome.
COSTELLO: We appreciate it.
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Aired June 13, 2003 - 06:57 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: To sports now, Mark McKay is with us again, and we're talking roundball, hardball and a mini riot in Japan. But I want to start with golf, because Tom Watson, what a story.
MARK MCKAY, CNN SPORTS: Fifty-three years old and Tom Watson has a share of the lead. This is amazing. At the U.S. Open after he went out and shot a five under par 65 on Thursday. Watson missed the last two U.S. Opens, Carol. And he's playing on a special invitation at Olympia Fields.
It was an emotional day, as we both know.
COSTELLO: Yes, we're looking at Tiger Woods, who didn't do so well in the U.S. Open.
But I want to stay on the subject of Tom Watson for a second because his caddy is in the early stages of Lou Gehrig's Disease.
MCKAY: Right.
COSTELLO: And it was a very emotional time for both yesterday.
MCKAY: Yes, Tom said that afterwards that it was very special, a very special day on so many levels, including the fact that his caddy can give him the inspiration he needs to perhaps, you know, go into the weekend hot. And he certainly is at the moment.
COSTELLO: Yes. Both had tears in their eyes.
MCKAY: Oh, yes.
COSTELLO: It was really touching.
I know that the NBA playoffs resume in -- OK, they do.
Let's go to that mini riot in Japan, though, because that is something else.
MCKAY: Yes, you heard of baseball players, fans getting involved in incidents here in the United States? Well, we have an incident in Japan where not the players and the coaches getting hit...
COSTELLO: Oh, my gosh.
MCKAY: ... but it's players, it's fans versus fans. This was at a Japanese league game earlier this week. Thirty-one people were sent to the hospital. We're not sure how many people were sent to jail after that incident, but it got pretty ugly.
COSTELLO: So the fans jumped out of the stands and began fighting?
MCKAY: It was at the end of -- yes, there was apparently some taunting throughout the game and the tempers heated up and apparently someone actually threw a tear gas canister or something like that into the stands. And so it was pretty ugly, indeed.
COSTELLO: Unbelievable.
Thanks for joining us this morning, Mark.
MCKAY: You're welcome.
COSTELLO: We appreciate it.
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