Dan Jenkins, who died Thursday night at the age of 89, wrote and said the damndest things
Dan Jenkins’s scalpel-like wit made him a legendary figure. By Matt Bonesteel Matt Bonesteel Reporter for the Early Lead Email Bio Follow March 8 at 9:32 AM Dan Jenkins, who passed away Thursday night at the age of 89, had some good advice for anyone who wanted to get into this misbegotten business:[After attending every British Open for 45 years, Dan Jenkins deserves some barbecue]
“Jim Furyk coming down the stretch against Mark O’Meara at Greensboro? That’s only important to their immediate families. You might as well ask me to watch the discus and shot put.” “Missouri’s Dan Devine looked like a man who just learned that his disease was incurable. He was leaning against a table in the silent gloom of his locker room, a towel around his neck, a paper cup of water in his hand, whip-dog tired, and his large brown eyes fixed vacantly on a lot of things that could have happened."“I married a homecoming queen, which means I know as much about college football as the next person, as long as the next person is not Darrell Royal or Bear Bryant.
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