October 30, 2001 — If the madness that surrounds the annual meeting between the college football teams from Georgia and Florida is indeed the “World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party,” then the game itself is simply the excuse for throwing it. It’s the wedding, the graduation, the reunion, the New Year’s …
Read moreNovember 28, 2000 — My first glimpse of football royalty came through the foggy rear window of a red station wagon. I pressed my face to the wet glass and peered in. His Majesty — the most celebrated sports mascot in the nation — was sleeping. But this dog’s catnap …
Read moreOctober 31, 2000 — I’m not sure Antonina Grib understood just how bad a tennis player I actually am. Such ineptitude is hard to describe over the phone. But in person, out there on the court, I’m pretty good at getting the point across. And I believe I saw Grib …
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