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Check out this picture of a young Darius Miller and Tony Delk.

Tiger Woods fan: Yes, Jack Nicklaus has more major championships than Tiger Woods simply because he played longer. Jack Nicklaus fan: I say no.  Nicklaus played against Hall Of Fame golfers like Gary Player, Tom Watson, and Arnold Palmer.  Who can top that today? TWF : I hear that all the time.  Had Woods not so thoroughly dominated his era, guys like Vijay Singh, Phil Mickelson , and Ernie Els would have equaled the guys you named. JNF: You aren't seriously arguing that you would take your foursome over mine? TWF : All day.  Also, tournaments today have much deeper fields to beat. JNF : I'm not sure the 50th best golfer of either generation makes a difference. TWF : Of course they do. Please click here for the rest of this discussion.

Keith (Keef) Richards is the riff master. His 547-page memoir (written with James Fox) reads like a series of guitar riffs with thoughts meandering from one to the next. The first third of the book is the best part. Keith Richards revisits his childhood and the formation of the Rolling Stones with lots of detail. I really couldn't put the book down. Here are the highlights: Childhood His mother, Doris, was very important to him. He spends a lot of time in the book on his childhood. He worships his mother, Doris, who bought him his first guitar. She ends up helping raise his first daughter. He didn't do well in school but managed to get into an art school where he could spend time focusing on the guitar. Mick Jagger, who lives a few blocks away and is prosperous enough to actually buy a few records, and Keith love the blues. The two form a bond: "We both knew we were in a process of learning, and it was something you wanted to learn and it was ten times better tha...