Results tagged “Golf” from The Sports Desk
Not quite sure what to make of The (London) Times' great columnist Simon Barnes' broadside against the United States, saying our recent failures in Ryder Cup golf are a symptom of our supposed bad attitude about international sport.
Continue reading This may fire up U.S. golf fans.
You know all these stories in newspapers and on TV about how Tiger Woods' injury will affect golf's popularity? I haven't read a single one of them. Please tell me if I'm missing anything.
Let me guess: Many people like to watch Tiger Woods play golf. If Tiger doesn't play, fewer people will watch golf. Period.
As a newspaper editor and writer who has to decide what to cover, I can't ignore signs that this or that sport is getting more or less of a following. But as a fan, I don't give a damn what everybody else is watching, or whether network executives are happy with the NBA Finals matchup, or whether Big Brown's rise and fall will cause more or fewer people to bet on horse races.
Continue reading Much ado about no Tiger.
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Kevin Modesti watches sports from a new angle since his promotion from sports columnist to sports editor for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. In his new blog, Modesti not only comments on the big sports stories of the moment-- he talks about what makes them big. Think of it as a conversation with readers about how these stories should be covered.
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