Vince Grippi

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Around the Spokane area, there is only one weekend in May that can be considered somewhat open this year. The first weekend held Bloomsday, a civic celebration. The second and last ones include Mother’s Day and Memorial Day, national days of celebration and reflection, respectively. Which leaves us this one. The sports-crazy weekend.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • If we didn’t have prior plans, we would spend today glued to our TV set, watching the PGA Championship. Not just because we love sitting in the Laz-e-Boy, snacking on Skinny Pop and oohing and aahing at shots we could only dream about hitting. But because of the tournament’s leaderboard. And it’s moving day.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Most mornings include a little time for us to gather our thoughts, sip on some hot coffee and leisurely assess the world around us. Today was not most mornings.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • It’s a major golf weekend, which means Thursday this week starts today. Nothing wrong with that. The longer the weekend, the better we like it. Especially in the sporting sense.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Here’s an outdated notion. Disagreement is fine. You can have an opinion, we can have the opposite one and that’s OK. It’s a sign of maturity. Intellectual prowess. Two things that rarely have a place in the world of college football.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Taking a trip, no matter where, when or why, always adds perspective to life. A little or a lot, that’s probably up to you. And what you are want to absorb. Here’s what we’ve absorbed recently as we once again transverse the West Coast.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • We can’t think of a better way to start this week than checking out the good, and bad, of the recent sports world. Why? To sort-of paraphrase John F. Kennedy, why not?

A GRIP ON SPORTS • It’s Mother’s Day. A day set aside to honor the person who meant more to most of us than any other. What is the best present you can send her way? Something from the heart. Always.