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Larry Grantham: ‘Toughest football player I ever saw’
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Larry Grantham never weighed as much as 200 pounds when he played linebacker for the New York Jets, but he is one the franchise’s all-time greats.
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Ron Polk will receive 2017 Rube Award
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Award is for lifetime contributions to Mississippi sports, but Polk contributed mightily to college baseball, period.
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Braden Thornberry wins again at Sunnehanna
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“Honestly, nobody in Mississippi has ever come close to what Braden’s done and is still doing,” said Jackson golf pro Randy Watkins, a former amateur champion himself.
NCAA’s suspension of Louisville coach doesn’t bode well for Freeze, Ole Miss
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Rick Pitino penalized for failure to monitor his program. Hugh Freeze faces similar charges
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Twins get a steal, taking State’s Rooker as 35th pick
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Could it be that Major League Baseball scouts and front office people haven’t adjusted their evaluations as well as Rooker has adjusted his game?
Royal County Down: It’s golfing heaven, but harder than hell
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Bernard Darwin: ‘The kind of golf that people play in their most ecstatic dreams.’
The European Club: 4 putts on the longest green in the world
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Take a football field, add the end zones, and then add seven more yards. That’s the length of the 12th green at The European Club.
Portmarnock: ‘Ah Lad, ’tis but a breeze today…”
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Arnie and Slamming Sam Snead won here; our columnist didn’t.
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Ballybunion: Where wind blew and ‘B-O-B’ shot 39
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Tom Watson: “Ballybunion is the course on which many golf architects should live and play on before they build golf courses.”
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Tralee: The King’s Castle, and a lovely one
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As legend has it, Palmer created the front nine and God created the back.
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A bucket-list golf trip in Ireland begins at Waterville
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‘Waterville whipped me … but I thoroughly enjoyed the beating’
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Mississippi tale showed Frank Deford at his best
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Sports Illustrated cover feature on Coach Bob “Bull” Sullivan featured Deford’s focus on humans, not x’s and o’s
Archie III’s ‘coming out’ party – and a whole lot more
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Next Friday, a group of elderly guys will gather to eat lunch, tell stories and reminisce about a memorable night 50 years ago this summer.
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Hinds Eagles: One more Mississippi diamond success story
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Sam Temple’s fast-finishing ball club topples powerhouse Jones to reach junior college world series