There are two organizations in which the members are largely responsible for monitoring their own behavior. The first is professional golf. While there are rules officials on the course during every tournament, they rarely have to charge a player with a violation of the sport’s behavioral canons or assess penalties. A professional golfer who … Read more
In spectator sports, we are often mesmerized by the play that defies the odds. For example, during a 2018 NFL wild-card match-up between Kansas City and Tennessee, Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota caught his own deflected pass and ran for a touchdown which contributed to his team’s 22-21 upset of the Chiefs. Catching one’s own … Read more
With the Major League Baseball (MLB) playoffs taking center stage in the sports world last night, I was reminded of my first recollections of the national pastime. As a young child, my parents would take us to Parker Field on family night to watch the Triple A Richmond Virginians, a New York Yankees farm … Read more
At approximately 2:30 p.m. EDT yesterday, everyone stopped talking about Trump or the 3,000 announced candidates for the Democratic nomination. It was all about Tiger. After what many, including Tiger, believed were career ending back surgeries less than two years ago, Woods restarted his quest to match or surpass Jack Nicklaus’ 18 majors (now at … Read more
Forget the vernal equinox. At approximately 1:05 pm, today was supposed to be the official beginning of spring. That was when someone other than the current occupant of the White House would have thrown out the first pitch when the Washington Nationals were scheduled to host the New York Mets on opening day of … Read more