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Patrick McEnroe, former coach of the U.S. Davis Cup team and color analyst for national tennis broadcasts, will be in North Little Rock on Tuesday at the Burns Park Hospitality House. Burns Park is playing host to the United States Tennis Association's National Boys 12's Championship this week.

McEnroe, the younger brother of John McEnroe and a good tennis player himself, will be addressing a Parent/Coach meeting from 4-5 p.m. The Boys 12's began Saturday at the Burns Park Tennis Center and wrap up with the finals on Friday.

For more information on McEnroe's visit or the tournament, call Brittany Murphy at (501) 227-7611 or email brittany@arktennis.com.

CHILDS' BRIEF CHANCE: If seeing his season already wiped out barely after it started with TWO patella tendon tearings in his legs, Warren and University of Arkansas product Greg Childs was waived Monday by the Minnesota Vikings. They do plan to place him on injured reserve once he clears waivers.

Childs reportedly was beginning to show his skills in a big way late last week in the Vikings' preseason camp before Saturday's stunning turn of events.

Childs tore his right patella tendon two years ago in a game against Vanderbilt in Fayetteville as he was being dragged down by two defenders just shy of a touchdown. Childs never seemed fully recovered last season but had a solid NFL Combine. The reinjury over the weekend brings into question whether Childs had fully recovered or had put too much strain on his knees during his rehab.

The Vikings selected the 6-foot-3 Childs in the fourth round, the same round in which they also chose his longtime friend and teammate, Jarius Wright, also from Warren High School.

One of Childs' and Wrights' Razorback teammates, cornerback Isaac Madison was cut Monday by the Dallas Cowboys. Madison signed as a free agent with Dallas in the spring.

DALY'S FINE SHOWING: We weren't kidding when we noted David Feherty's prescience regarding his Golf Channel interviews. He seems to catch players just as they are about to do something huge, such as Bubba Watson's win last April in The Masters Tournament.

Last week's "Feherty" show featured Arkansas' John Daly — the sitdown in Dardanelle actually took place two months ago when Feherty also came to Little Rock to interview former President Bill Clinton. And, though Daly has already had his best season since 2005 before the interview ran, it seemed like the Irish luck of a Feherty interview just might rub off on Daly this past weekend in the Reno-Tahoe Open.

Who would have thought that Daly would EVER lead a PGA Tour event late in the third round? Yet, Daly stood atop the standings in Tahoe Saturday afternoon in the modified Stableford scoring event before a rash of bogeys through the middle holes of the back nine dropped him out of the lead. Daly made a par-saving putt on No. 17 to stop the bogey train and then hit the par-5 18th in two shots, including a 241-yard iron out of the rough for his second, to end Saturday's round with a birdie (his long eagle putt barely missed the cup).

Daly, who usually has faded in tournaments over the past several seasons, remained in the running Sunday, and his fifth-place finish was good enough for $124,000, which should help him toward keeping up his Lions Den golf course in Dardanelle.

On "Feherty," Daly estimated he drops about $300,000 a year on Lions Den, but he insists on memberships being very affordable for the area golfers even if it sets him back a bit. He's also a big proponent of youth golf, allowing players on high school teams to play for free.

This weekend showed it's always fun to see John Daly competing and contending.

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