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...Tigers (10-16-4, 8-9-4 6th) will be looking for leadership after the loss of Princeton coaching legend "Toots" Cahoon to UMass. Former assistant Len Quesnelle inherits a Tigers bench that just barely missed clinching a home-ice berth last season...
...Wolfe. He has a style that gives as much force to his argument as any amount of evidence does, drawing wonderful quasi-historical lessons and parallels, especially in his tale of Silicon Valley-who would have seen any connection between Grinnell, Iowa and the rise of an American legend? What you read here (or in any book review) does his skill absolutely no justice, because it is only as you actually read the stuff that you realize how cleverly crafted Wolfe's arguments...
...while we're on the subject of golf metaphors, let me turn your attention to The Legend of Bagger Vance, the latest directorial effort from Academy Award-winner Robert Redford. Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, it's the mystical story of a golfer in search of his swing and his soul, and the caddy who helps light the way. It doesn't take an English concentrator to find the metaphor in that. Of course, the trouble with metaphors is that you can only take them so far. After all, not everybody plays golf (in fact, most people...
...story is narrated by an old man named Hardy Greaves, who was a boy when the legend of Bagger Vance first surfaced. Hardy grew up idolizing Rannulph Junuh (Matt Damon '92), the pride of Savannah, Georgia who, prior to going off to war, was one of the most promising golfers in the South-as well as being engaged to the beautiful Adele Invergordon (Charlize Theron), the daughter of a rich entrepeneur who owned the luxurious Krewe Island Golf Resort. All good things must come to an end, as Junuh's picture-perfect life is shattered by the horrors of World...
...production notes insist that The Legend of Bagger Vance is not a golf movie. Sure, the focus on golf provides a neat metaphor for the struggles and rewards of life, and the character of Bagger himself is a walking metaphor-a caddy who helps a golfer find his way. But at its core, Bagger Vance is a serious exploration of the search for meaning in life (in other words, this ain't Tin Cup). Bagger says it best when he explains to Hardy that inside every person is something that belongs to him alone-an "authentic swing" which...