Written by fans for fans
It's honestly been a while since I watched a full edition of SportsCenter in the morning. And a lack of live sports (sorta) has certainly contributed to that. This morning the program ended, as always, with the Top 10 plays, but this edition of the Top 10 focused on the
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After reading My Personal 18 by Matt Brown, I was intrigued by the idea. Unfortunately, however, I do not have the same amount nor the variety of golf experiences as Matt and some of the other members of the First and Fan team. Nonetheless, I still was interested in participating
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To make a personal 18 holes, you must follow the guidelines set forth below: 1) You must have played the course. 2) The holes must appear as their actual number, that is, favorite 1st hole, favorite 2nd hole, etc. 3) Par and yardage must resemble an actual course. I added a fourth: 4) Only one
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Each year around mid-late August, everyone from the sports superfans to casual fans to the weird guy at your office that roots for whoever your boss likes play fantasy football. The level of research leading up to the draft will always vary, but whether you check your team every hour
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Brooks Koepka headed into the US Open as the 9th ranked player in the world. His first round 75 left spectators wondering if he'd even make the cut if he continued playing the same way Friday, but a 66 second round catapulted him into the top three and suddenly the
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As America’s most epic sport, football is understandably subject to infinite, cliché analogies. All of the following analogies are things I’ve heard come out of my own football coaches’ mouths over the years: Football is like rock and roll. Football is artificial adversity. Football players are modern-day gladiators. Hyperbole aside,
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With a field of 156 players, this year’s US Open is sure to be exciting. The most recent US Open at Shinnecock Hills, in 2004, was famous for the course notoriously getting away from the USGA, having to water the par-3 seventh hole every other group on one of the
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As an avid golf fan and pretty mediocre golfer, I’ve had the opportunity of attending a number of US Opens. This week’s 118th US Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on Long Island will be my 7th US Open since 2009. Working as a volunteer (any and all big golf
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PFT Commenter rose to fame in early 2012 thanks to his unbelievably creative, controversial, and funny comments on sports. While his comments go right past many fans, those familiar with his “taeks” (the intentionally misspelled version of “takes”) know that his opinion on football and other sports are not done
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Billie Jean King is best known for her 1973 exhibition tennis match against 55 year old Bobby Riggs. King was not the first woman to play against a man (she was the second behind Margaret Court. Court, the #1 in women’s tennis at the time, also played Riggs earlier in
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