Getting your player ready...
Six months shy of his 80th birthday, Arnold Palmer recently sat down behind his desk, uncapped his Sharpie and began to sign. His callused fingers engulfed the marker and the big hand moved swiftly, with near-artistic precision, putting sport’s most recognizable signature on an array of memorabilia from around the globe. This is how Palmer remains one of the world’s most popular athletes as his office is still flooded asking for autographs. He signs every one. “We’ve never had an exact figure, but it has to be near a million,” said Bev Norwood, a close Palmer associate for 31 years. The New York Times; AP file photo
