By Michael K. Bohn McClatchy-Tribune News Service Memorable sports events gather luster as time passes for several reasons. Often a game’s significance hinges on heroic individual effort – Bobby Thomson’s walk-off home run to beat the Dodgers in 1951 is … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Duke-Kentucky classic of 1992 was an NCAA Tournament masterpiece
By MICHAEL K. BOHN — McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Mar 22, 2012 Time for the March Madness Highlight Quiz. What’s the greatest game in NCAA basketball tournament history, at least according to “USA Today?” The 1982 North Carolina-Georgetown title game with … Continue reading
King of Clubs: The Great Golf marathon of 1938
By MICHAEL K. BOHN McClatchy-Tribune News Service In “King of Clubs,” author Jim Ducibella tells the story of golf’s most outlandish wager. A Chicago stockbroker named J. Smith “Smitty” Ferebee bet a friend $20,000 that he could play 600 holes … Continue reading
The Politics of Terrorism
English National Opera The Politics of Terrorism, Michael K. Bohn. February 25, 2012 By the time Palestinian gunmen had hijacked Achille Lauro in 1985, Americans had seen enough images of terrorism in the news media that most had succumbed … Continue reading