Column: Minea Blomqvist, the Finnish Charles Barkley, shows why LPGA players are the most likeable athletes in sports

Minea Blomqvist is women's sports version of Charles Barkley, with the major difference being that no one knows who the heck she is. That's a shame, too. Because Blomqvist can bring it. She's a Finnish original. Sadly, they don't really make American originals anymore, not with everyone in this country petrified of how some special-interest group will react.

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Annika Sorenstam - U.S. Women's Open - Second Round

Annika Sorenstam isn't going to let a little Swede humor bother her.

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