By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner
CANTON, OHIO — It was all about the past. And the future. The celebration was for what had been, Jerry Rice, Eddie DeBartolo, the Team of the ’80s.
The thoughts were for what might be, a renaissance of the 49ers.
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By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The man still can laugh. And make us laugh. In a season which surely has had its tears and most likely some fears — finishing next-to-last in a tournament he won seven times previously would make even the strongest among us cringe — Tiger Woods hadn’t lose his sense …
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By Art Spander
Special to Newsday
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Phil Mickelson has been receiving treatment for psoriatic arthritis, a form of the disease in which the person also has psoriasis of the skin.
Mickelson, ranked No. 2 in the World Golf Rankings, revealed his ailment Tuesday after a practice round for the 92nd PGA Championship.
“It’s probably going to …
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By Art Spander
Special to Newsday
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The goatee is gone. Quite possibly the confidence is, too. But for Tiger Woods, the questions remain.
What’s happened to his game? What’s happened to his life? And when does one or both return to what might be judged normal?
The 92nd PGA Championship, the final major golf tournament of …
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By Art Spander
Special to Newsday
CANTON, Ohio — No one from the Jets or Giants went into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year, but former Jet Keyshawn Johnson, now working for ESPN, managed to attend.
Before working yesterday’s telecast, Johnson attended an invitation-only party Friday night at the McKinley Grand Hotel with dozens of other …
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By Art Spander
Special to Newsday
CANTON, Ohio — Some called it the greatest class ever enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. That can be debated, but there is no question that the group that was honored yesterday — seven men, including the all-time rushing and receiving leaders — was outstanding.
The class was led by …
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By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com
Funny how life treats us. And how we treat life. Aubrey Huff was the man nobody wanted, the man of whom it was written in one of those blogs, “he cannot perform at the dish.” For someone whose baseball reputation was as a hitter, that’s about as bad as it gets.
His career …
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By Art Spander
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Either Brett Favre is not going to play football this season or Brett Favre is going to play football this season. Right now, he’s playing the media for the dolts we are. Then again, you want another story on how A-Rod can’t get to 600?
But why does it have to be this …
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By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner
SAN FRANCISCO — At Cal, the picture is going to shrink. At Stanford, the bar is going to be kept in place. And at San Jose State, well, when the new coach’s first game is at Alabama, what can anyone do other than muddle through?
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By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com
NAPA, Calif. — You want to know what’s worse than being a loser? It’s being irrelevant.
It’s reaching a point when nobody cares what you do, when there’s no griping or moaning, when people talk of you, if they talk of you, in the past tense, as if you didn’t exist …
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