There’s one sports figure worth a write-in vote on the presidential ballot. Find out here. This entertaining, provocative Hawk & Rude podcast explores all things sports media along with special guest David Whitley of the Orlando Sentinel, one o
Yes, it was Father’s Day. But it was also Redemption Day, at least in sports. U.S. Open winner Dustin Johnson and NBA champion Lebron James made it so, in their own ways. Each plowed through a cloud of doubt. John Hawkins and Jeff Rude dissect
Chad Pfeifer had his left leg amputated above the knee after the vehicle he was driving hit an explosive during the war in Iraq in April 2007. Ten months later he took up golf. In less than a year after that he was a single-digit handicap on hi
Mardy Fish grew up with country star Jake Owen and went to high school with fellow tennis star Andy Roddick. Fish himself elevated to No. 1-ranked American in 2011. Now he’s getting attention because of a commanding lead after two of three rou
Two-time all-star pitcher Mark Mulder won 21 games in his first full season in the major leagues. But some five years later he suffered arm and shoulder problems, had rotator-cuff surgery after the 2006 season and retired in 2010. He tried a
Billy Joe Tolliver, an NFL quarterback for 12 years, arrived at this week’s Diamond Resorts Invitational near Orlando with a couple of distinctions: As a four-time winner of the American Century Celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, he was l
WINDERMERE, Fla.–Bret Saberhagen came to the 54-hole Diamond Resorts Invitational as a 100-1 shot. That’s right, 17 players were given better chances of winning. And that’s right, the tournament actually had an oddsmaker come up with odds for t
Jeff Rude caught up with former Washington Redskins quarterback Mark Rypien, MVP of the 1992 Super Bowl, in Orlando at the Thursday-Saturday 54-hole Diamond Resorts Invitational for celebrity athletes and entertainers. Listen here to find out