…or Happy Treason Day as some of my UK friends say. But either way, treasure our freedom and cherish our rich heritage. It is our bane if we forget.
…or Happy Treason Day as some of my UK friends say. But either way, treasure our freedom and cherish our rich heritage. It is our bane if we forget.
Every sports writer in America is in mourning today. The great Dan Jenkins has passed a great light has gone out. We will go dark here in his honor until our retrospective is reprinted over at Golf News Net.
Uil then, via con dios, Dan. You were everything we all aspire to be.
Fan favorite and all-around good guy Steve Stricker was named Ryder Cup Captain for 2020. The event will be played in his home state of Wisconsin, at Whistling Straits, host of three PGA Championships since 2000. Stricker will be formally introduced at a press conference at 8 a.m. in Milwaukee. Veteran sports writer Gary D’Amato broke the story earlier today...
If it’s New Years, then it’s Phish at MSG. And if it’s Phish New Years at MSG, then it’s time for the King of Pregame to re-ascend his throne. It’s become tradition: New Year’s Eve Day dinner is Brazilian at Ipanema on 46th street. Sizzling medallions of picanha, (marinated steak), chorizo and yuca served with hot chipotle sauce...
And as the shepherds lay guarding their flocks at night, an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and they were frightened. But he told them, “Fear not! For I bring you glad tiding sof great joy! Today, in the City of David, as savior is born!” And then suddenly a host of heavenly angels appeared and sang, “Glory to God in the highest. And on Earth...
While we finish our Boston Golf article and get ready to turn to both Monterey Peninsula Country club and the imminent football season, we’ll take a moment to send our best wishes to Art Spander on the occasion of his 80th birthday! Art is a living legend. He’s a been writing since before I was born, covering every major sporting event in the World. He...
It’s the one day of the year when the golf writers become golf stars…and it’s a good thing for them that the cameras aren’t rolling, because play would look like U.S. Open Saturday at Shinnecock Hills pretty quick. The 12th annual Writer Cup, the yearly showdown between the Philly golf writers and the New York scribes, tees of this Thursday at...
We celebrate my Dad’s life tomorrow and Thursday, but for today, I thought you all might to reminisce with me in another way. Many Sundays when covering the U.S. Open, I’d write a Father’s Day piece as a letter to Dad. Here’s my favorite… LA JOLLA, CA – [Editor’s Note: Jay wrote this piece in real time, while watching the...
I shed a tear as I wrote this piece. We lost my beloved Dad this weekend. The son of Italian immigrants, as a WWII vet, he landed at Normandy, survived the bloody Battle of the Bulge, and liberated those persecuted in German concentration camps. Later, in the war-time ski patrol in Europe, he skied the Alps before he returned to America to graduate from the College...
Congratulations to Hank Gola who is being honored by the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association with the 2018 Lincoln Werden Golf Journalism Award. Previous award winners include Tim Rosaforte, Jaime Diaz, John Feinstein, Jim Murray (1997), Furman Bisher and Jack Whitaker. The award will be presented June 18 at the Met Golf Writers Dinner at the Westchester Marriott.
[Editor’s Note: As part of the 2018 Ominous Seapods Reunion festivities, Jay went into the vault, and with the help of South Catherine Street Jug Band archivist Nate Pelton, released three more live archival recordings from the Golden Age of the Ominous Seapods under the “North Country Freakouts” series. Today, Volume 1: 10-15-94 (Early Show) Zeta...
[Editor’s Note: As part of the 2018 Ominous Seapods Reunion festivities, Jay went into the vault, and with the help of South Catherine Street Jug Band archivist Nate Pelton, released three more live archival recordings from the Golden Age of the Ominous Seapods under the “North Country Freakouts” series. Today, Volume 2: 06-17-94 Waterhole 3...
[Editor’s Note: As part of the 2018 Ominous Seapods Reunion festivities, Jay went into the vault, and with the help of South Catherine Street Jug Band archivist Nate Pelton, released three more live archival recordings from the Golden Age off the Ominous Seapods under the “North Country Freakouts” series. Today, Volume 3: 11-19-94 Waterhole 3...
Having been, at various times, both the celebrity in the pro am as well as a player, I can attest to the bedlam, mayhem, and chaos a pro am round can devolve to. I once watched a guy playing in a pro-am in Jamaica smack a stone tee marker in front of him, (a giant tiki…decorative and festive, but bad idea for a tee marker) and had the ball catapult into the...
Scott Bernstein and the good folks over at JamBase ran my guest article on the Ominous Seapods reunion shows. I drew the first night show, and my review is here. From the article: “These weren’t just reunion shows or a revival that Ominous Seapods threw down for a pair of nights at the Cohoes Music Hall outside their former hometown of Albany. They were a...