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Another article in TIME magazine this week on how it is harder for women to lose weight than men. Mostly due to the type of fat (subcutanious for women and viseral for men), and the fact that most men carry more muscle mass than women.

As an investor, you can get plenty of advice from financial experts on the evening news or cable financial shows. But you may actually be able to learn some deeper truths about investing by observing other professionals – such as winemakers.

WIMBLEDON, England – Roger Federer sweetly made delicate volleys drop as if it was no trouble at all. He ferociously aimed his one-handed backhand deep into the corners of Centre Court, making the ball land on lines and kick up chalk. He relentlessly kept attacking with his forehand, taking it crosscourt and up the lines.

LAS VEGAS – Buried in a ballroom amid the opulence of a high-rise casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, the 12 members of the U.S. Olympic basketball team were unveiled Saturday.

The Badwater Ultramarathon, for those of you who don't know, is one of the world's toughest races. It starts at Furnace Creek (elevation -280 feet) in Death Valley and finishes 135 miles away at the Mt. Whitney Portal at an elevation of 8,300 feet.

Why No American Flags on the golf course? With the Fourth of July having passed by this week, many golfers asked why golf courses do not use American flags on each hole to celebrate the holiday. Although the course would like to use American flags on all patriotic holidays, we can’t. Golfers lay the flag pole - with the flag – on the ground while putting.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The problem with the All-Star Game isn't that the rosters are too big, to the point that dugouts have the feel of a crowded supermarket. And the problem with the All-Star Game isn't that a player from every team has to be selected, so that middle relievers from bad teams stand next to millionaire sluggers from good ones.

KOHLER, Wis. - It was like playing golf in a sauna and a tanning bed. At the same time. Yes, it was hot at the 67th U.S. Women's Oven . . . er, Open.