I’d been working in Naples, Italy for 10 weeks and I was on the last of my weekend tours. This one was called “Dinner with Aldo”. Me, our eponymous tour guide and 11 others were preparing a meal with some friends of his in their condo downtown. The couple was in their 60s. The husband spoke some…

The NBA stars of the 80’s Never Had Durant’s Options

In the wake of Kevin Durant’s decision to sign with the Golden State Warriors, and famously LeBron James’ to take his talents to South Beach, a common refrain has been that the great players of years gone by never made such a choice. They chose to fight it out with the…

As Dustin Johnson proved…

Golf does not have an Ed Hochuli or a Joey Crawford or a Joe West. There are no famous officials in golf and the reason for that is simple. The players are the officials in golf. The players call the penalties and determine where a ball last crossed a hazard. The officials are there as advisers. They ensure a player’s questions are correctly answered…