Phil at the PGAs: ’The Best Theater Ever in a Major’
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Phil at the PGAs: ’The Best Theater Ever in a Major’

(Special contributor Steve Brandon, an afficionado of watching golf’s majors on television, filed this report about Phil Mickelson’s victory at last week’s PGA Championship. Mickelson, who turns 51 on June 16, is the oldest man ever to claim a major title.

Like the guy said while trying to get his ball out of the pit of a bunker in the Workday commercial:

“Phil? Phil? Phil!”

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Cinderella’s slippers come in size 14 for ex-Beaver tackle Mike Remmers
Sports Kerry Eggers Sports Kerry Eggers

Cinderella’s slippers come in size 14 for ex-Beaver tackle Mike Remmers

There will be dozens, maybe hundreds or personal stories that come out of the lead-up to Super Bowl LV. I’m not sure any are more Walter Mitty-ish of nature than that of Mike Remmers.

The Beaverton resident and Jesuit High and Oregon State grad will be starting at left tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs as they face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla.

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