Ben Hogan made golf a sport to follow in America.
In the same country, Arnold Palmer made golf front page -- or at least front sports page -- news.
Then Jack Nicholas was the best player there ever was.
Finally, the sport reached the pantheon of American society. Tiger Woods put golf in TMZ.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Sports thought #1
My generation and the generation
immediately preceding my generation
can easily be divided into two groups;
those who were raised to appreciate Cal
Ripkin Jr.'s consecutive-games streak
and those who weren't.
immediately preceding my generation
can easily be divided into two groups;
those who were raised to appreciate Cal
Ripkin Jr.'s consecutive-games streak
and those who weren't.
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