AUGUSTA, Ga. — The first golf course where I walked all 18 holes was Augusta National. That was 1992. I had never played a full round of golf. I had never covered a golf tournament. And suddenly I found myself writing the lead column at the 1992 Masters for The Augusta Chronicle, the hometown paper….
Month: April 2011
Honesty
A lot has happened to Nick Charles since I wrote a back page column about him at Sports Illustrated. HBO had him broadcast one more fight. CNN spent a couple of days with him and wrote this beautiful and heartbreaking story about him. I understand that Dr. Sanjay Gupta had an intimate conversation that will…
Honesty
A lot has happened to Nick Charles since I wrote a back page column about him at Sports Illustrated. HBO had him broadcast one more fight. CNN spent a couple of days with him and wrote this beautiful and heartbreaking story about him. I understand that Dr. Sanjay Gupta had an intimate conversation that will…
The Poscast Hits iTunes
A few of you have asked me to let you know when the Poscast will be available on iTunes. Well … the Poscast is available on iTunes. Not only that but, for the moment, it is the No. 1 sports podcast on iTunes. I fully appreciate that this is only because it is new and…
The Poscast Hits iTunes
A few of you have asked me to let you know when the Poscast will be available on iTunes. Well … the Poscast is available on iTunes. Not only that but, for the moment, it is the No. 1 sports podcast on iTunes. I fully appreciate that this is only because it is new and…
Tiger: A Counterpoint
You may know that this is not the first time my great good friend Michael Rosenberg and I have disagreed on the future of Tiger Woods. Yes, Michael is back again to shout that Tiger Woods will be great again and really soon. A year or so ago, Michael wrote that people who write off…
Tiger: A Counterpoint
You may know that this is not the first time my great good friend Michael Rosenberg and I have disagreed on the future of Tiger Woods. Yes, Michael is back again to shout that Tiger Woods will be great again and really soon. A year or so ago, Michael wrote that people who write off…
Poscast with Mike Vaccaro
So, I did my second Poscast … this time with longtime friend and brilliant man Mike Vaccaro, sports columnist of the New York Post, author of three wonderful books along with just being a gentleman, scholar and noted Godfather expert. I should say that Mike and I once hosted our own radio show. Once. The…
Poscast with Mike Vaccaro
So, I did my second Poscast … this time with longtime friend and brilliant man Mike Vaccaro, sports columnist of the New York Post, author of three wonderful books along with just being a gentleman, scholar and noted Godfather expert. I should say that Mike and I once hosted our own radio show. Once. The…
The Madness of March
Basketball is probably the most predictable of all our team sports. Well, it only makes sense. Everything in basketball is on a smaller scale in basketball. The court is smaller. There are fewer players on each team. There are fewer players on each roster. There are fewer angles, fewer moves, fewer countermoves. One great basketball…