Watchdog

Still waiting on CBS's ratings report from the "sacred sod" of some rich guys' golf club in Georgia Sunday.

ESPN already has weighed in, though, alerting the media that Friday's second round of The Masters was the "most-viewed cable golf telecast ever."

It averaged 3,014,394 households and 3.1 percent of homes that have ESPN. Pretty good.

“We're pleased to play a role in helping the Masters address its goal of reaching a younger audience and growing the game of golf," ESPN president George Bodenheimer said in a news release.

What did I think of CBS's coverage over the weekend? It is what it is. The sappy romanticizing of The Masters has become a parody of itself, but taking that too seriously is as annoying as the way ESPN and CBS take the tournament too seriously.

People have been making fun of this for decades now, and it's not going to change, so let's just move on to important stuff, like the blessed blue lines and godly goal creases of the NHL playoffs.