RealClearSports: Mountains, Mines, Myths and Bob Huggins

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

INDIANAPOLIS -- West Virginia is composed of equal portions mountains, mines and myths. It is a region of Appalachian accents and backwoods towns that are the punch line of too many jokes.

And the part of its history not concerned with men in raccoon hats shooting rifles mostly deals with men in jerseys shooting basketballs.

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Global Golf Post: What A Stupid I Am

By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com

The day that started so beautifully, the gallery singing to Roberto DeVicenzo on the Sunday of his 45th birthday after he sank his iron shot for an eagle on the first, concluded so terribly. And so stunningly.

Forty-two years since that 1968 Masters, and the agonizing tale has been told so repeatedly, as history, as a warning, it's become a part of golf lore: Do not get careless with your scorecard.

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