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I’ve heard of The Last Lecture before, but until today, I had never watched it. The opportunity came up in my Verbal Communications Skills class because we have to give four different types of speeches this semester: demonstrative, informative, persuasive, and inspirational. I’m glad I got to see it, and I highly recommend it because […]

One of the things I like most about being at the Golf Academy is that I can see how each class I’ve taken so far will be helpful to me in my golf career. My first two years at Arizona State, I took a lot of classes that didn’t seem applicable to a career in Broadcast Journalism. I just wanted to

PGA Professional Ed Ekis likes to start every Rules class with a Daily Puzzle. Rules of Golf II is about adding a little “meat” to the potatoes of the Rules of Golf. Today’s class was a review of many of the definitions we covered last semester as well as the following the four-question quiz (True/False/List the

In the game of golf, impact is known as the “moment of truth.” Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor Todd Sones, who runs the Impact Golf School at White Deer Run Golf Club outside Chicago, has studied the golf swings of all the great players in the World Golf Hall of Fame and says there’s one

Why do we cheer for athletes? Is it because they can do what we can’t – dunk a basketball, spin a football, crush a baseball, or smash a golf ball? Is it because we have low self-esteem? I don’t know. But I do know this – New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was recently suspended