2¢ WITH MEG MALLON

• OHIO STATE If one tenth of what Maurice Clarett says is true, I'm afraid we're going down.

• CONDI RICE Rock on, Baby.

• 2008 ELECTIONS I'd love to see Colin Powell as the next President.

• ANNIKA'S HEIR Lorena Ochoa. She's driven, has the work ethic and is really motivated.

• U.S. OPEN WIN A lot of things were special about it: I was with my family, it was in New England, it was on the Fourth of July and I never thought I'd win one again.

• HOLIDAY WISH Good health.

• BEST 41-YEAR-OLD GOLFER Vijay is 41, too? Darn!

 

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