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Dan Shaughnessy with a timeless, Father's Day Column... Here's the whole thing, and below is the intro. Thanks to my dad for being the best!!

Whatever the game, Dad is a good sport


By Dan Shaughnessy  |  June 19, 2005


Reprinted from June 16, 1991.

This one is for Ward Cleaver, Rob Petrie, Cliff Huxtable, and Dagwood Bumstead. This one is for dear old Dad, for every father who knows best.


Dad introduces us to sports. Dad puts the fielder's mitt in the crib. He buys the Nerf football and the Wiffleball and the table hockey game. We notice that he plays with this stuff more than the kids.