And while the shephards lay in their field an angel of The Lord appeared to them and they were afraid. But he said “fear not for I bring you glad tidings of great joy. For today in the city of David a savior is born and he will save you from all your sins.” Then, suddenly the sky was filled with a great light and host of heavenly angels appeared and sang...
Merry Christmas. Have a happy, healthy, and holy holiday season.
Back in the day, we had Grantland Rice, Herbert Warren Wind, and Bernard Darwin, and a generation of golf fans rejoiced with every word. Now we have Dan Jenkins, Marino Parascenzo, and Art Spander: three men who have over 150 years of combined experience covering, analyzing, and commenting on sports. Dan Jenkins’s contributions to golf were warmly celebrated...
As the world continues to be held hostage by Tiger Woods, according to the Times On-Line Elin Nordegren has hired celebrity divorce lawyer Sorrell Trope, 82, who boasts of being “one of the pre-eminent family law attorneys in the United States”, with experience in handling big-money, big-name cases. Past celebrity clients have included Cary Grant, Britney...
Craig Dolch has this great article about my Trinity College Classmate Jay Williamson. While I made the golf team twice, he played hockey. Now he is going to make it through tour school for the 6th time in 7 tries, and I’m here in the office typing on a Sunday. Good onya, Jay! Right now, as its squeaky-clean image lies in tatters, the PGA Tour needs clean-cut...
Director Karin Coonrod and the Columbia University MFA drama program’s production of Eurypides’ Phoenician Women is a breathtaking spectacle of drama and dance. Visually arresting, with technical perfection in choreography, brilliant multi-purpose costumes for the Phoenician Woman/soldiers, and rock-solid performances throughout the cast, the performance...
We’ll have Dr. Gary Wadler of WADA chime on soon about this issue. Until then, Matt Rudy of GW has this excellent article pointing out the huge holes in the PGA Tour’s testing policy and the remarkable lack of transparency. From the article: “Steroid expert Dr. Charles Yesalis outlined for me a simple, inexpensive way for a PGA Tour player to gain...
Awright Ryno!!! Great interview with Tom Watson! From the article: “RB: A lot of people said at the time, watching the replay, ‘One yard less. One yard less with that second shot and you would’ve had the Claret Jug in your hand.’ Is that sentiment that you can endorse? TW: Well, I don’t know. Again, I’ve never seen the ball –...
We interrupt this sports blog for a bit of history. My super-intern will get back to writing about sports soon, but today Maggie MacAlpine has a new piece on Dark Ages Rome: CONCORD, NH – Imagine fabled Yankee Stadium, but half empty, eerily quiet, both for the lack of fans and the lack of spirit, of faith, of hope. Low attendance has become the norm, but in...
Much like SI’s offerings for baseball, basketball, and football, this oversize history of the game in essays and pictorials is much more than just a coffee table conversation piece. It is the seminal review of where the sport of golf came from, where it’s been, and where it is going, seen through the eyes of the world’s greatest sporting magazine...
We interrupt this sports blog for a special announcement: Congratulations to my boys Bowling For Soup for releasing their latest album, “Sorry for Partyin'”. The boys are in the U.K. right now, the same place where they recorded their live CD/DVD “Live and Very Attractive,” but they’ll be back in the U.S.A. in November for an extended...
I’ll be on assignment covering the U. Maryland golf course’s 50th anniversary gala and the golf team reunion tomorrow, so I’ll take today to wish a big happy birthday to Tony Korologos of Hooked on Golf! Tony is one of the founding fathers of golf blogging, one of the ancient crew. He’s been around for the first hole-in-one at Ballyneal, the...
People might not think of Indiana as a place to jet off for a golf vacation, but golf writer Chris Clouser is doing his best to change that. Best known as the biogropher of pre-eminent golf architect Perry Maxwell, Clouser’s second book, “A Month of Saturdays” is a helpful guide to the best of public golf in the state of Indiana. The book is a...
Cybergolf ran my latest piece profiling Club Pro Kevin Roman of Atlanta, GA via Utica, NY. Kev beat the bloody snot out of me as a junior golfer. Oh well, that’s two pros that mopped the floor with me! (The LPGA’s Moira Dunn is the other, for those of you scoring at home.)
Welcome to the Honor Roll, Kevin!
Happy Birthday America! For a little perspective, I am continuing a tradition I started last year, by reprinting one of my favorite Fourth of July remembrances. For those of you scoring at home, I’ll also celebrate by playing golf with my dad. I have a poem by Harvard University and Trinity College’s own Sophie Wadsworth, poet emeritus. It’s called...