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This past weekend was one of my favorite pro golf events of the year: The Players Championship, from the TPC Course at Sawgrass, Florida. The distinctive course design, featuring the famous island green on the 17^th hole, and the strongest field of any tournament held during the year make for high…

Yesterday, the final games of the 2011-2012 Barclay’s Premier League season were played. At one end of the table, teams were fighting to stay out of relegation (where the bottom three teams get demoted to the next division down), while, at the other end teams were fighting for the privilege…

Each sport has a different name for it. In football, it is the practice field. In soccer, it is the training ground. In baseball, it might be the batting cage. In golf, it is the driving range and the practice green. As someone who loves to play golf, I can…

It was completely unsurprising Saturday when the defending NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks were rather unceremoniously shown the door of the playoffs by the young, upstart Oklahoma City Thunder. Not only were the Mavs eliminated—they were swept away by the Thunder, and, although three of the four games were close, the…

NASCAR racing at Talladega is never uneventful, often featuring multi-car pileups at 190+ miles per hour, with plenty of raw nerves, bent sheet metal, and exposed tempers along the way. Saturday’s Nationwide race was no exception, but the dangers were unusually high—even for Talladega. In the closing laps, a massive…

Someone said that it seems like many people find fault as if it were buried treasure. Undoubtedly, one of the great challenges of being a coach or a manager is that you are completely exposed to criticism. You know going in that every decision, every play call, every strategic move…

Like many football fans, I thoroughly enjoy the NFL draft, and was glued to it much of this past weekend, not only following the picks of my team (the Browns) but the picks of key athletes around the league. Many of the picks were no-brainers. Some, however, were head-scratchers. Everyone will…

The NBA playoffs started Saturday, and the Chicago Bulls, while winning their opening game, suffered the most devastating loss of their campaign. With about a minute and a half to go in a game that was pretty much in hand, Derrick Rose, the Bulls’ best player and the reigning NBA…

This month we have been looking at elements of baseball that can wonderfully picture elements of the life of the Christ-follower. Today is no exception as we have been looking at how to build for success—and much of that building is rooted in wise preparation. In the major leagues, this…

Perhaps no other sport spends as much time preparing for any particular game as does the National Football League. It is called “game planning,” and no detail is left unconsidered as teams prepare to go to battle throughout the season. However, there may be no game planning for any game…