Years ago, children helped my brother search for his lost ball at Jackson Park Golf Course in Chicago - and even offered to sell it back to him on the next tee. That entrepreneurial spirit, on the site of the… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
Outside Buckingham Palace, the Royal Standard flies only when the reigning monarch is in residence. Sadly, there's no similar flag outside The Woods Jupiter,… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
Because I'm a bald, dim-witted writer, people think I couldn't possibly be her husband, so they occasionally confuse me for someone more glamorous. At… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
As good as NFL Films is at making players human, it's even better at making players superhuman. No Hollywood studio has made movies that… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
I'm an unabashed sports photo fanboy, the kind of weirdo who seeks out the infinitesimal picture credits. — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
I never learned the secret handshake. That may be one of the reasons I've grown to love English soccer. — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
Scarcity drives up demand, and the short golf season in Minnesota makes residents of that state mad for the sport. It's the same reason… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
The Metrodome was built for football. Fans seated down the third-base line at a baseball game faced centerfield, so that they had to turn… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
After the abrupt death of my mother, Jane, on Sept. 5, 1991, of a disease called amyloidosis, my dad took up golf at 57.… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game 1 of… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
“At that hour, a shaft of sunlight shone through stained glass. Which is to say, windows whose glass was comprehensively stained—by a double-glazing of… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
As life speeds by, nostalgia has a shorter pregnancy. Games still in progress are given the straight-to-sepia status of "Instant Classics" no matter how… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
