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Family Visit And Sending Riley To Scotland
- Tim Gambus describes a lively week with his three adult children visiting, including a day at the beach and family storytelling that filled the house with laughter.
- He notes his youngest Riley will soon start a master's at St Andrews, and Tim will travel with him to Scotland to see him off.
Live Golf Example Of Sports Professionalization
- Tim Gambus reflects on the new LIV Golf tour and Greg Norman's role, criticizing the ugly PR battles and corruption by large money interests.
- He connects this to a broader concern that professionalization and capitalism corrupt the beauty of sports despite elite performances.
Read Dear Committee Members This Summer
- Read Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher for a sharp, funny late-summer novel told entirely through recommendation letters.
- It captures academic office politics and is ideal beach reading; buy it from an independent bookstore.