Vecsey was that rarest of presences in the newspaper, a man of wide curiosity and learning who came fresh to every column with no interest in grinding an axe, only in treating people as people.
Now that was fun. The final round of the Masters turned out to be a stampede for the green jacket. South Africa's Charl Schwartzel birdied the last four holes to win the Masters by two shots.
Full-blown congressional hearings looking into football teams spying on one another is not exactly the best use of taxpayer money. But hear me loud and clear: Spygate is not a victimless crime.