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What Happens in Vegas…

Michael Patrick Shiels

Chances are, pardon the pun, you either have a friend or colleague who just got back from a trip to... Read more »

Desert Golf Safari Provokes Memories of Bob Labbance

Hal Phillips

  [This piece is from April 24, 2011. See more of Hal’s writing at his website, <a href=”https://www.halphillips.net/” target=”_blank”>Small-Batch Journalism... Read more »

The End of the Beer World As We Know It, Part III: Arise, Prince Willy

Tom Bedell

Those wags at BrewDog in Scotland have done it again, this time giving new meaning to the phrase, “Have a... Read more »

Golf and Hockey, Yin and Yang

Stephen Goodwin

April is a sweet time of year for those of us who get our biggest sports kicks from golf and... Read more »

Maybe Rory McIlroy Didn’t Win the 2011 Masters, But Once He Learns to Tame the Lizard, He Will Win the a Major.

John Strawn

Watching Rory McIlroy transmogrify during the final round of the Masters, morphing from the best golfer in the world, which he... Read more »

The Masters — the Brand, the Temptress, and Golf 2.0

Stephen Goodwin

A few last observations about the 2011 Masters: 1.  The Brand.  The wild finale was galvanizing, and a most welcome... Read more »

Martin Kaymer to Win Masters, Shooting 273

Larry Olmsted

As loyal readers know, I was the first pundit this side of Germany to recognize the greatness that was Martin... Read more »

TAP Beer(s) of the Week: Beers Good for an April Fools Day Laugh

Tom Bedell

Two cannibals were eating a clown, and one says to the other, “Does this taste funny to you?” Well, I... Read more »

To Combat Slow Play, Firearms Issued to Rangers

Tom Bedell

CHICAGO GOLF CLUB TAKES AIM AT SLOW PLAY, ISSUES FIREARMS TO RANGERS CHICAGO, IL, April 1–Hot on the heels of... Read more »

70-year-old Whiskey to Aid Japanese Relief Efforts

Jeff Wallach

My new best friend David Urquhart, a managing partner in Scottish whisky purveyor Gordon and MacPhail, has asked me to... Read more »

PGA Tour Change Has Promise But May Need Tweaking

David Barrett

Doug Ferguson of the Associated Press reported earlier this week on a plan by the PGA Tour to revamp its... Read more »

Back When, The Masters ‘Went Hollywood’ with Its Highlight Show

David Gould

Call it a major coincidence—the 1986 Masters, which many consider the most dramatic of all time, was also the first... Read more »

ESPN’s Mike Greenberg Talks Golf

John Torsiello

    Mike Greenberg, a resident of Fairfield County, Ct., and co-host along with Mike Golic of the ESPN Radio... Read more »

TAP Beer of the Week: Church Brew Works 2000 Trippel

Tom Bedell

The Steelers may have lost Super Bowl XLV, but Pittsburgh wins my favor in the beer contest, for the simple... Read more »

Baseline Blasts: Ana Ivanovic Looking Good in More Ways Than One

John Torsiello

It’s nice to see Ana Ivanovic back in form again on the tennis court. The 23-year-old Serb, who was once... Read more »