In my latest piece for the New York Times Magazine, I reflect on how a few of the recent rock docs and biopics have done away with most of the salacious stuff, including how there's really not that much rough and rowdy ways in A...
golf
This is the grave of James Foulis. Born in 1871 in St. Andrews, Scotland, Foulis grew up around golf. Not only is that because of where he was born, but.
This is the grave of Bobby Jones. Born in 1902 in Atlanta, Jones was a pretty sickly kid. He started playing golf on a doctor's advice to get some exercise..
Almost forgot to mention the latest new low for Jacobin--publishing an argument that Phil Mickelson and the LIV Golf Tour is a workers rights issue against those damn PGA capitalists. Prior to the arrival of LIV, professional golf had been experiencing many of the same...
Hello! Got a couple news items for ya, in case you missed them: Over at the New York Times Magazine I wrote about HBO’s highly entertaining “Winning Time,” the ethical.
Over at the New York Times Magazine, I wrote about the hilariously norm-breaking rivalry between the muscular golfers Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau, and its implications for the sports world.
I wanna see how this turns out: Struggling to stand upright against a howling wind, Bragi Benediktsson looked out over his family’s land — a barren expanse of snow and ice that a Chinese billionaire wants to turn into a golf course — and laughed....