Posts tagged CNF
Graig Nettles and the End of the World

Sometimes, I believe that there has been nothing more important than Graig Nettles, especially on days like today when my son, at second base, turns his shoulders towards right centerfield, a low floating pop-up that seems out of reach from him and the nearby centerfielder.

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CNFScott PalmieriCNF
Grandpa's Putter

At some point I ended up with my grandpa’s putter. 

Not any of his woods, irons, or wedges, not even a headcover – just the old brass putter itself, here in my garage. By my count, this is the sixth home in which I’ve had the putter: one-third of the way through a round of 18.

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CNFRyan EshoffCNF
Zain Retherford's Olympic Dream, and the Sport That Won't Quit Us

Back in December 2023, Zain Retherford took a job at a New York City investment firm. In some ways, his path to this job was a typical one: he’d just finished his MBA at Penn State, the same school where he’d previously majored in finance as an undergraduate. But in one crucial way, Retherford’s story was decidedly atypical. Imagine Patrick Mahomes as an insurance salesman, or Kylian Mbappe as a software engineer—that’s the equivalent of Zain Retherford on Wall Street.

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CNFJustin MuchnickCNF