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January 14, 2015  |  By Edward J Boyer  |  In Longer Takes

Hustling Golf at Palmer Park with ‘Fat Daddy’ and ‘The Train’

“Looks like it’s boilin’ down to me and you, boy,” Pierce “Fat Daddy” Cofield says, turning to Bob Ladford, a laid-off auto worker. “You want my business?”

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December 14, 2003  |  By Edward J Boyer  |  In Longer Takes

The Wise Man of Rancho Park

For Almost 30 Years, John Edmond Jr. Has Inspired His Students With His Mastery of Golf and Life. Now, as Part of a Management Change, His Teaching Days May Be Numbered.

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    Helllo June Smith, there is a hyperlink in my post to Chris Campion's profile of Fayne in the Guardian. If…

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    Just watched the doc. Looking for more info on Fayne, I found this. What a treasure she was and what…

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    I am so glad to hear this. I want to read her book!

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    Hi Ed, My name is Kristen (Kay) Barrett, and I'm reaching out because I believe you knew my late aunt,…

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I was hooked on becoming an ink-stained wretch after seeing my first byline when I was in 4th Grade and covered a basketball tournament for our elementary school newspaper in Detroit. Those bylines continued on newspapers in high school, at Wayne State University and at the two dailies in the Motor City. I left daily journalism for nearly six years to work as a correspondent for Time magazine, but returned as a writer and editor at the Los Angeles Times…[Read More]

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