December 07, 2011 Army and Navy overcame animosities to restore rivalry of two lofty military academies By MICHAEL K. BOHN - McClatchy-Tribune News Service Copyright: Copyright 2011 McClatchy-Tribune News Service The Army-Navy football game has a little something for everyone. Purists see … Continue reading
Sports Writing
The Associated Press Football Poll—75 Years Ago
McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Oct. 19, 2011 With the college football season running at full speed, fans have settled into the weekly rhythms of the sport. On Thursdays and Fridays, the hype and handicapping of the upcoming games fill the airwaves … Continue reading
Cookie-Cutter Stadiums
McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Oct. 12, 2011 This month is the 50th anniversary of the start of a dreadful period of stadium building in the America, one that stunted NFL growth and almost ruined the soul of major league baseball. The … Continue reading
Tennis: A Love Story
McClatchy-Tribune News Service, October 5, 2011 Cursing the NFL for not offering a game every evening, Morty slapped his remote into warp drive and sped through the high-def channels looking for sports. He inexplicably paused on a tennis match … Continue reading
The Shot Heard Round the World
McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Oct. 1, 2011 Sixty years ago this week, all three of New York‟s major league baseball teams finished the season in first place. The Yankees won the American League pennant, and the Dodgers and Giants tied … Continue reading
1961 Home Run Derby–Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle
McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Sep. 28, 2011 Many in the Yankee Stadium crowd of 58,000 had headed for the gates as New York pitcher Bud Daley closed out the Cleveland Indians in the top of the ninth. It was a … Continue reading
The ‘California Comet’ Brought Speed and Panache to Tennis 100 Years Ago
McClatchy-Tribune News Service, August 28, 2011 As fans flock to the U.S. Open at New York’s National Tennis Center this week, the hype and hoopla surrounding the championship will momentarily push aside football and baseball on the country’s TVs and … Continue reading
What did the caddie know and when did he know it . . .
MCT July 27, 2011 When Tiger Woods and his caddie Steve Williams recently put asunder their remarkably successful partnership, the news media clamored about the “divorce.” The publicity didn’t quite reach that of celebrity breakups in Hollywood, but the scandal-loving … Continue reading
Arnold Palmer Saves the British Open from Itself
MCT July 13, 2011 The Open Championship, the oldest and perhaps the most prestigious of the major golf tournaments begins July 14 at Royal St George’s Golf Club in Sandwich, England. This year’s tournament will attract worldwide attention, especially in … Continue reading
U.S. Open: 16-year-old Beau Hossler playing with the big boys
MCT June 17, 2011 Youthful phenoms burst onto the sports world fairly regularly, although non-contact sports such as golf and tennis see more than pro football. In tennis, there is always room for a pony-tailed girl, and golf’s Bobby Jones … Continue reading