Rick KernMy fellow Americans. It is with a heavy heart that today we bring you news that Willie Nelson—country legend and human icon—has passed…the joint that is. Last week, the road-tested troubadour and worldwide ambassador for weed, admitted to KSAT 12 that at 86-years-old, it is finally time for him to hang up his rolling papers.
I have abused my lungs quite a bit in the past, so breathing is a
little more difficult these days and I have to be careful. I started
smoking cedar bark, went from that to cigarettes to whatever. And that
almost killed me….I don’t smoke anymore – take better care of
myself. I don’t give a (expletive deleted) I’m here, I’m glad to be
here, I’m lucky to be here.
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We can all guess what “whatever” is. Nelson, despite his trademark braids and ear for an everyman hook, is best know for his, er, predilection for the green stuff, so this constitutes massive news in the American cultural landsc..

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Can't stand Skip Bayless? Well, just imagine being married to the guy. Dinner is eaten at a to-scale replica of the Undisputed desk. Sunday funday is spent crying about the Cowboys. There's a life-size cut-out of Shannon Sharp by the shower that you regularly catch him screaming at in various state of undress. It's not a pretty scene, but it's one Ernestine Sclafani Bayless has somehow managed to navigate since her marriage to sports talk's very own Exxon Valdez back in 2016. That Ernestine is still sane, let alone married, is a testament to her strength and bravery in the face of untold horrors, and now she's sharing her hard-won wisdom in the form of a new book, Balls: How to Keep Your Relationship Alive with a Sports-Obsessed Guy, a survival handbook for similarly afflicted partners of assholes “sports fans.”
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Welcome to another edition of The Grind where we wish there was as much public outcry over slow play in golf as there has been over the length of The Irishman. Three hours and 29 minutes is a long flick, but that’s just the front nine if J.B. Holmes is playing a major. Let's focus on what's really important, people! Speaking of which, even a “slow” week produced two PGA Tour weddings, a heroic European Tour effort, and some friendly fire among Ryder Cup teammates. So let's dive in. With all due respect to Marty Scorsese, this director's cut will be a lot easier to digest.
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Pablo Larrazabal: The Spaniard won for the first time in more than four years and he did it in heroic fashion at the Alfred Dunhill Championship. After shooting six over on his front nine, Larrazabal responded with three birdies over his final four holes to win the European Tour’s season-opener in South Africa by one. And he did it all with a debilitating … blister. That’s right..