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John Banks

A longtime editor at ESPN and The Dallas Morning News, Banks has written for The New York Times, Civil War Times, America's Civil War, Military Images and other publications. He lives in Nashville.

June 16, 2020  |  Golf

June 18 in sports history: 'Just the perfect display of golf'

In 2000 at Pebble Beach, 24-year-old Tiger Woods put on a show with a 15-stroke victory.

April 25, 2019  |  NFL

Welcome to 'crazy town': NFL fans embrace the Nashville draft scene

The draft scene in Nashville was bizarre and wondrous, a little New Year's Eve celebration mixed in with Music City honky-tonks.