When Losing is the Way to Win

(published December 29, 2011) Consider the following situation that plays out several times each season: Your team leads by five points with a minute and a half to go in the game.  Your opponent has driven down to your one-yard line, where it’s first and goal.  You have no timeouts. What is your optimal strategy? You can try to shut them out of the end zone with a heroic goal-line stand.  It might work, but it’s a four-down situation where the opponent must have a touchdown.  You may stop them once or twice, but even if they just run four qua... Full Story
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Courses & Travel
Mesquite Day Four: Conestoga Golf Club

If you’ve watched the RE/MAX Long Drive championships on ESPN, you’ve caught a glimpse of the area around the Conestoga Golf Club, which occupies a broad vantage point with the whole of Mesquite stretched out below.  The long-drive stadium is part of the Mesquite Sports and Event Complex, just a 50-inch Full Story

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Equipment
I Have Seen the Future, and It’s Bringing Me Beer

At the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, every aspect of the golf experience is analyzed, probed, and subject to innovation.  (I am legally obliged to note for the record that the Merchandise Show is not open to the public.  Really -- it says so in the application for media credentials and ever'thing.) A Full Story