By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner
SAN FRANCISCO — His enrollment in college the fall of 1994 made him part of a group of freshman the New York Times found impressive enough to headline, “Stanford Unveils A Five-Star Lineup.”
They were a gymnast, Dominque Dawes; basketball-volleyball star Kristen Folkl; two tennis champions, Paul Goldstein and Scott Humphries; and …
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By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — It is time for the annual rites of baseball. Spring training has no wrongs. The joy is back in Mudville. And in Scottsdale.
Winter recedes. The season approaches. Young men think about tomorrow. Older men reminisce about yesterday.
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By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com
MARANA, ARIZ. — In the end, the winner of the Accenture Match Play Championship was Accenture. Ian Poulter was the one holding the trophy. Tiger Woods might have been the one holding golf hostage. But Accenture finished first.
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By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com
MARANA, Ariz. — Ernie Els nailed this one. He was on target. Tiger Woods only would be on cue. Only acting out a carefully staged production.
Only telling us how he made mistakes. And telling us during the golf tournament in which Els was playing before he got eliminated.
Which is why Els nailed …
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By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com
That was an interesting report from the Wall Street Journal, the piece which said the luge track for the Olympics, the one where a young man crashed to his death, the one designed to be steeper, faster and narrower than any in the past, would allow racers to reach speeds some officials …
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By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner
SAN FRANCISCO — So what’s worse news, that the Sharks aren’t playing because of the Olympic break, or that the Warriors are?
Maybe Larry Ellison can sail his zillion-dollar boat right up to Chris Cohan’s doorstep, metaphorically if not literally, and get this sale under way. If there is to …
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By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com
PEBBLE BEACH, CALIF. — It was the tournament linking distant past with immediate future, calling back days Bing Crosby crooned and Phil Harris joked, and also reaching toward the summer when the laughter stops and the struggle begins.
It will be different this June at Pebble Beach. Different from the event that started …
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By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com
Mark O’Meara, despite his longtime friendship with Tiger Woods, said he has no more clue than anyone else when Woods will return to competition. And while distressed at what happened with Woods and his sexual escapades, O’Meara said he wouldn’t give up on him.
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By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com
PEBBLE BEACH — No, Tiger Woods is not here. Next question.
How about something dealing with Tom Brady’s wedge game? Or Tony Romo’s tee shots? Or Bill Murray’s putting?
This is the other side of golf, not exactly the Twilight Zone but then again not too far away.
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By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com
Eleven months to go in the year, and there’s nothing left. Not after the Super Bowl. Not after this Super Bowl. Not after the way America got what it wanted and New Orleans got what it needed.
Not after the joy a football game event brought to a region, indeed to a nation, …
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