SPORTS & MORE: ITALIAN SHORTSTOP BRINGS BACK MEMORIES
I got caught the other day watching a Little League game on TV between Italy and Chinese Taipei. I was impressed with an Italian player who made...
SPORTS & MORE: 102-YR-OLD PIANIST PLAYS ‘JUST 1 MORE SONG’
Where I live, every once in a while, there’s entertainment provided for the residents. We had a comedian a while back. Then last week, the rarely used...
SPORTS & MORE: THE ICONIC VOICE OF VIN SCULLY GOES SILENT
I didn’t have the opportunity to hear Vince “Vin” Scully as often as Dodgers fans. My experience was often limited to the nationally televised All-Star baseball games,...
SPORTS & MORE: DESHAUN WATSON & THE LATE, GREAT BILL RUSSELL
As I write this, Judge Sue L. Robinson has suspended new Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for six games after he was accused of sexual misconduct against...
SPORTS & MORE: WE MAY HAVE WITNESSED THE END OF GREATNESS
Tiger Woods will keep playing in the big golf tournaments. I believe the strength of his legs
will determine how often he plays.
But he will never be the...
SPORTS & MORE: KEY WEST’S CO-ED SOFTBALL IS NO MORE
A few years ago, there were three co-ed softball leagues of varying degrees of competition playing three nights a week on the diamond at Bayview Park. Then...
SPORTS & MORE: IS THE END OF SPORTS IMMINENT?
I don’t know how to explain it, except to say that every sport has a major problem, problems that could destroy the sports as we know them...
SPORTS & MORE: U.S. OPEN & KEY WEST’S NEW BASKETBALL COACH
I watched a lot of sports shows last weekend to see what I could learn about the new LIV Series of professional golf, and I, of course,...
SPORTS & MORE: PRO GOLF DRAMA — IF I HAD $4M, HOW WOULD I...
I’ve never met pro golfer Phil Mickelson. I’ve read he’s deep in gambling debt, but I know he’s a great golfer. He has jumped from the PGA...
SPORTS & MORE: CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A NO. 1 TENNIS PLAYER?
Coco Gauff is a talented tennis player, but she’s not No. 1. Iga Swiatek is.
Gauff, ranked 23, is from the United States. Swiatek is from Poland. On...