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Noah Webster defines resilience as “the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.” I know this sounds like the beginning of a high school essay but considering high schools no longer carry dictionaries within their halls, nor Continue reading The Unflappable Resilience of Wyndham Clark
We’re hard on our athletes. I sent this meme to some friends last week, because someone had sent it to me first. We all had a good laugh. It’s a play on both gambling and Rory McIlroy, gambling because it Continue reading Rory McIlroy’s Favorite Collapse
Lo and behold, professional golf has, at least momentarily, embraced a truce. The Great Golfing Compromise of 2023 came to the shock of absolutely everyone, for not a single soul saw this group hug as a reality. The PGA-LIV fissure Continue reading PGA Tour loyalists fall for banana in tailpipe
A few high-profile sports figures are digging deep into their pocketbooks this week, having to pay the piper for not playing by the rules. The men in debt are not exactly strapped for cash but no matter how you slice Continue reading Fines, fines, everywhere fines
I’m 46. On Monday, I’ll be 47. As any of you that are around that age have probably come to understand, at this point in my life, most of my movements are deliberate. There’s a good reason for this. My Continue reading There’s no such thing as a freak accident
Jordan Spieth won the 2015 Masters tournament with a dominant performance from start to finish at Augusta to win his first major at just 21 years old. The American, who finished joint-second on his debut in the prestigious event last Continue reading The Masters: A Review
Well, it was fun while it lasted. Roger Federer, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have been among the most dominant athletes we’ve ever seen. From 2004-2008, Roger Federer was the best tennis player in the world. He held his sport’s Continue reading The end of an era in a major way
I was engaged once many moons ago. It didn’t take. After many years of ups and downs, my long-term girlfriend at the time and I had grown apart. It happens. But at least we didn’t send out wedding invitations. (I Continue reading When sports news is not news: Rory McIlroy and Caroline Wozniacki break off engagement
Over this past weekend, 22-year old Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy coasted his way to a US Open victory, leading by nearly double-digits for most of the tournament. He became the youngest player to win a major since Tiger Woods, and Continue reading Here we go again: LeBron is to Michael as Rory is to Tiger
