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...Golf is a sport. But what, exactly, makes golf a sport? Is it physical complexities of the golfer?s swing? The subtleties of strategy? Is it the ability to walk across an 18-hole golf course in the heat of summer...
...Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court took a giant step toward answering that question. The Court ruled 7-2 that a federal disability bias law gives golfer Casey Martin, who suffers from a circulatory disorder that makes walking very painful, a legal right to travel in a golf cart between holes in competition. In other words, Martin won?t be walking - but he will still be a golfer...
...decision is a serious blow to the PGA, whose bylaws dictate that each golfer must walk on his own steam throughout tournament play. In the Court?s majority opinion, Justice John Paul Stevens pointed out that the ostensible purpose of the walking rule is to fatigue the players, and since Martin suffers from at least that level of fatigue without walking, the PGA should simply consider his cart use an equalizer. Stevens also referred to the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, which bans discrimination against the disabled in "public accommodations," including golf courses. The law dictates that "reasonable modifications" must...
...Winners KRS-ONE Rapper organizes U.N. Hip-Hop Conference for Peace, proves that despite sluggish record sales, he can still get in the news for something AHMED AL-ABBADI Jordanian M.P. bites off part of rival politician's ear in a parliamentary brawl. MORGAN PRESSEL Twelve-year-old golfer is youngest ever to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open. Maybe this will impress that totally hot guy in pre-algebra
...Hope. Ask people over 40 to describe Crosby in a few words, and the words might be "crooner," "White Christmas," "toupee," "Bob Hope and the 'Road' movies" and perhaps, thanks to a rancorous autobiography by his son Gary, "child beater." Which is about as fair as remembering Eisenhower the golfer and forgetting Eisenhower the top general of World...