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Golf Things Considered column by John Rogers [email protected] Probably the most dreaded shot in golf is the shank. And the shank, which is when we hit the ball with the neck of the club rather than the clubface, unfortunately travels in herds. I’ll see a golfer at the driving range hit one or two of…
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Story by Chris Graham Followers of women’s basketball know the significance of the numbers IX and 10. “IX” refers to Title IX, the landmark federal law that in 1972 mandated that schools, colleges and universities provide equal funding to men’s and women’s sports. “10,” of course, relates to the 10th season of the Women’s National…
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Story by Chris Graham Jack Bedell is, by day, a poet and college professor in Louisiana. On nights and weekends, though, Bedell is a football fanatic – and his football of choice is Canadian. “Everything that we like in the modern era about the NFL, and then with the rise in popularity of the Arena…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham I wasn’t certain if I was supposed to tip the guy or not. “That’ll be six-fifty,” the vendor answered after I had inquired as to the availability of a beer at the Washington Nationals baseball game that I attended over the weekend. It was fortuitous that he had…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham It’s time that somebody says this – so here goes. Leave Rush Limbaugh alone. Got it? I know what the liberal media is trying to get you to believe, but … Good, we’re on the same page. The guy’s a blowhard, sure – I’ll concede that. He once…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham Isn’t it weird how much we worry about the fact that we’re fat? And don’t think that we don’t all spend way too much time on this. “Hannah says I’m fat,” my 7-year-old niece Rachel said, referring to criticisms from her sister, who is exactly one pound lighter,…
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Story by Chris Graham Michael McCann, like the rest of us, assumed that the talk about how NBA players who had entered the league straight out of high school were ruining the professional game was at least somewhat on target. So when the law professor began to notice that his research into the impact of…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham If I could make it through life without anybody trying to sell me anything, I’d be just fine. This is why I don’t like shopping, for starters. “Sir, can I help you?” I am almost always asked when I do decide to go shopping. Or can’t avoid it…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Brenda Gordon didn’t want to admit to herself that she believed in ghosts. Being confronted with evidence of their existence will tend to make a believer out of anybody, of course. “I moved into the house that my dad lived in, and he’s been dead since 1997, and the…
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Story by Chris Graham Bill Goldberg is thinking about getting back in the ring – but it’s not necessarily a wrestling ring that has his eye right now. “My relationship from the beginning with Jeremy is as color commentator – but if I was to participate in the MMA world as a fighter, I guess…
