A youngster could only look in at the closed swimming pool at Centennial Park Aug. 2, 1961. The city of Nashville closed its four large swimming pools and the 19 free, smaller pools because of ...

Welcome to Shaving Strokes, a new GOLF.com series in which we’re sharing improvements, learnings and takeaways from amateur golfers just like you — including some of the speed bumps and challenges ...

It wasn’t until I took this job at GOLF last year that I got my first-ever golf lesson — and, to be honest, I didn’t know what to expect. Based in Seattle, I made the hour-long trek down to Chambers ...

Twelve years ago I gave birth to my first child. I called my mom at the first signs of sustained contractions. It was nine days before my due date and my mom had been planning to make the 8-hour drive ...

I was never a great swimmer. After correcting a few common mistakes, I can now get a solid workout in the pool. By Erik Vance I’ve never been a good swimmer. I mean, I can swim. But what I do in a ...

Public opinion matters. Perception matters. This is a hard lesson for most politicians. The ones who think about it too much turn into finger-in-the-air, poll-watching ninnies. But the ones who ignore ...

I learned calligraphy in the seventh grade when my classmate’s mother taught the basics during an afternoon art class. In my case, it was pearls before swine. I was hardly an apt pupil. Art was where ...