Effort isn’t an issue for those again trying to make the annual PGA Tour stop here more fashionable event than forgotten weekend.
Sports Columns
SALT LAKE CITY — When trying to surface from the ocean floor, you can’t expect a clean and swift journey. Things will be choppy in places. Nothing comes easy for those at the bottom.
The local race book scene is changing rapidly, and horseplayers might need a scorecard to keep up.
During September and October, one of rural Nevada’s busiest roads is the Harrison Pass Road in Elko County. This relatively short road links Ruby Valley on the east side of the Ruby Mountains with Huntington Valley on the west, and during the fall months it is a major thoroughfare for hunters seeking to fill their big-game tags in Area 10.
Frank Marrero didn’t want it to end on that bedroom floor.
There is no such thing as a routine victory when you have lost eight straight football games dating to last season and 29 of your last 35 dating to 2005. There is no such thing as grinding out wins for UNLV.
The biggest upgrade I’ve seen at Del Mar this year, and something that has not received any notoriety, is the much-improved jockey colony.
The dove season begins Monday. Since that’s a holiday, you can expect a lot more hunters in the field than you have seen the past couple of years. While that will make some areas crowded, the additional people also can help to keep the birds flying and improve success for those who can shoot.
OK, I admit it. I went too far last season. I allowed myself to get caught up in the promise of UNLV football, or at least the promise of improved play and more wins that coach Mike Sanford continues to, well, promise.
BEIJING — The most important part came afterward. After the survival. After the midcourt celebration. After they joined arms and stepped forward as one. After the gold medals had been slipped around their necks and the national anthem played and the American flag rose between two others. You always want yours in the middle. It’s where the winner resides.
When you have 5,600 credentialed media running around a place with backpacks and laptops and television cameras for 17 days, you better have ample space.
BEIJING — The dragon in China reminds its people of another time, when emperors ruled with incomparable knowledge and strength. The panda is a more passive figure, universally adored as an image of innocence.
