[Mick]

How things have changed in two decades. In Late Spring 1997, my ex-wife and I were invited to a New York City reception for parents of incoming frosh, among them our younger daughter. The chablis-and-brie event was staged at one of the Ivy League alumni clubs in Midtown.
  To start the formal portion of the welcome, a Stanford official (male, mid-40s) tinkled his wine glass and asked, How has Stanford recently made big news?
  Nervous silence.
  So I ventured, "Tiger Woods?" in honor of his recent historic first Masters victory.
  The Stanford official eye-rolled me before claiming that LSJU scientists had just unMars-ed conclusive proof of prior life on the Red Planet. And no, his name was not Gen. John Kelly.

Well, Tom Watson had won it 16 years earlier.  So maybe not that big a deal, in his rolling eyes... ::) .

Still, I like the new President's embrace of sports.

[Mick]

How things have changed in two decades. In Late Spring 1997, my ex-wife and I were invited to a New York City reception for parents of incoming frosh, among them our younger daughter. The chablis-and-brie event was staged at one of the Ivy League alumni clubs in Midtown.
  To start the formal portion of the welcome, a Stanford official (male, mid-40s) tinkled his wine glass and asked, How has Stanford recently made big news?
  Nervous silence.
  So I ventured, "Tiger Woods?" in honor of his recent historic first Masters victory.
  The Stanford official eye-rolled me before claiming that LSJU scientists had just unMars-ed conclusive proof of prior life on the Red Planet. And no, his name was not Gen. John Kelly.

Well, Tom Watson had won it 16 years earlier.  So maybe not that big a deal, in his rolling eyes... ::) .

Still, I like the new President's embrace of sports.