In This Case, the Daily Limit Is One

Pro angler Penny Berryman told the online newsletter Inside BASS that she nearly became ill after a macabre catch a few years ago on Lake Dardanelle in Arkansas.

“I set the hook ... and about that time this gloved hand started coming out of the water,” Berryman said. “I saw a finger, two fingers, three fingers, a wrist. I was panicked because I thought it was a drowned person.”

Alas, it was only the gloved arm of a mannequin -- certainly nothing that would give her a leg up on the competition.

Trivia time: What was the lowest final score posted by a non-winner of the PGA Championship?

Athens or bust: Dan Miller, father of Boise State lineman Tad Miller, plans to be among those in Athens, Ga., for the Broncos’ Sept. 3 opener at Georgia. It’s being called the biggest game in school history, and Miller says he “wouldn’t miss it for the world.”

There is one logistical issue: He works in Baghdad training police officers.

His three-day trip will include travel by military convoy, a C-130 transport flight to Kuwait City, a six-hour flight to Frankfurt, Germany, and a 10-hour flight to Atlanta.

Yes, he acknowledged, it’ll be an even longer trip back if the Broncos get whipped.

Baghdad CC: Yelling “Fore!” in Iraq is not wise, but for U.S. soldiers, golf has emerged as a means of “blowing off steam,” wrote Dan Dofelmier in the Seattle Times.

Dofelmier’s unit turned the roof of a Baghdad building into a makeshift driving range.

“One soldier claimed he could drive the ball 400 yards, a distance even Tiger Woods would have trouble reaching,” Dofelmier recalled.

“We decided to call his bluff. His first ball went about 150 yards. The second was a bit farther.... After a few more futile attempts he sliced one and nearly hit one of the U.S. soldiers working at a gate.”

In such tense times, that put a stop to the game -- temporarily.

Last laugh: Bobby Bragan, 87, was asked recently to recall his term as manager of the Braves.

“The biggest ovation I ever got came in Milwaukee when I told them I was leaving,” he told Associated Press.

“But it got real quiet when I said I was taking the team with me to Atlanta.”

Bound to happen: Jeff Gordon of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch asks, “Now that the Toronto Maple Leafs have signed two big centers with serious concussion histories -- Eric Lindros and Jason Allison -- are they hoping those two guys don’t collide in their first practice?”

Trivia answer: Phil Mickelson had rounds of 66-66-66-68 for a 14-under-par 266 in 2001. David Toms prevailed at Atlanta Athletic Club with a 265.

And finally: From Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News: “After ignoring fans, refusing to speak to the media, injuring his groin (supposedly) and shouting at Coach Andy Reid, Terrell Owens was sent away Wednesday.

“I’m trying to understand the big threat: Is it that Owens stays away from the Eagles’ camp or that he comes back in?”