As you can see, this site is all but dead. If you’re interested in helping out, drop me a line at john at bigwidelogic.com. Otherwise, I’ll try my damndest to start it back up again in a few days.

Are you suffering from trajectile disfunction? Wholly crap, that’s a bad line, and I apologize. But the fact remains, all of us who consider ourselves golfers — from the great ones (like yours truly), to the weekend duffers — are looking for a few more yards on our drives.

Thankfully, Golf Digest has done a lot of the testing work for us. The magazine’s annual “Hot List” has just been issued. From drivers to irons to balls, Golf Digest tries to take the guess work out of the most freaking brutal and difficult, not to mention frustrating, but wonderful game that man has ever created.

Bottom line, why spend money on lessons when you can blame bad shots on equipment?

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Ask and ye shall receive. Introducing TSLs latest lead blogger, Zachary Grabill.

I’m a commercial real estate lawyer living and working in Richmond, Virginia, though I was born in raised in Tampa, Florida. I’m a lifelong and die hard Florida State fan (for whatever that’s worth these days), even went to law school at FSU. I’ve been married for five years, and have a two-year old daughter. I’m into golf, guitar, fitness, watches and cars, along with other general “guy” stuff.

Welcome.

OK. I’m putting out another APB for bloggers who want to write The Sporting Life. Please drop me a line at john at bigwidelogic dot com so we can get some content up on this puppy. Any takers?

We’d like to think that we’re blessed with a good weekend every weekend. And we probably are, they’re just not always that interesting to read about.

Did any of the Sporting Life faithful have a remarkable weekend tale with which to regale the rest of us?

Timeliness isn’t even a concern, we’re happy to hear about something that happened decades ago if it’s still a good story…

Shoot through your tales to nic(at)thesportinglife(dot)net.

Ok, guys. You’ve spoken. I’ll be regrouping and we’ll have some daily content ASAP.

John here. I “own” The Sporting Life and I’m trying to assess your overall interest and appreciation of our content. I’d like to keep running it but I’m worried that the audience just isn’t there. If you’re an avid reader, drop me a line at john at bigwidelogic dot com and let me know what you think of the site and what we can improve. Thanks.

After my typically Australian time off, which consisted of driving about 7600 miles around the country on all manner of mad capers, The Sporting Life is back for 2007.

Greetings!

I’m Nic, from Melbourne, Australia, and I’m now trying to maintain the fine standards of this publication, starting with my first posts yesterday.

I’m a frustrated former features writer, with an unhealthy passion for gin, cigars and retro gadgetry.

If you’ve any suggestions for my tenure here at TSL (or anything, really), let the comments fly.

Cheers!

The rules are simple - send in your best vacation-related watch shots (girlfriend in a bikini and an Aqua Terra, ahem…) and we’ll put the best ones up for a vote. The winner, by popular choice, wins a Tauchmeister 1937 - Diver Craft 1000M Helium-Safe GMT Retrograde. A gem in the Ebay galaxy, this watch was relatively well reviewed and I’d be happy to share it with one of our fine readers. Send photos to contest at wristwatchreview dot com with the subject “VACATION CONTEST.”

The contest ends this Friday, June 16.