— 100 years of rousing cheers, Of frothy beers and smiling peers, Of hearts sincere and friendships dear, Our green and gothic home – From Our Green and Gothic Home – a poem to commemorate the Travis turning 100 years old. GARDEN CITY, NY – The Grand Old Amateur – the Walter J. Travis Invitational at Garden City Golf Club – one of...
Congratulations to Irish Golf Desk’s Brian Keogh and his lovely wife Elena, who became parents just minutes ago. Tristan Keogh de las Heras was born in Dublin, Ireland early Thursday morning. Mother, father, and child are all doing well. Here’s hoping we have a future sports writer in our midst, the third generation in a row for Brian’s family...
by Tony Korologos
ORLANDO, FL – Here’s is the article and the video of the week.
I found the show stopper. Tail Of The Tiger Golf Balls is a set of one dozen golf balls, each of which contains one of the first 12 mistresses of Tiger Woods. Picture and video above.
I’m hearing the rumblings already: Woods is going to try to brazen it out when he returns. He’ll give a quick mea culpa, claim he went to unspecified rehab, and then try to act like nothing happened, cloaking himself in piety and offense that we won’t forgive him freely. Well Steve Elling says sell crazy to the tourists, we have no call for it. No...
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...