{"id":355673,"date":"2017-07-03T10:47:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T16:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=355673"},"modified":"2017-07-03T10:51:45","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T16:51:45","slug":"the-wide-world-of-sports-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/the-wide-world-of-sports-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wide World of Sports Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/NutsAndBolts-7-3-17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-355688\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/NutsAndBolts-7-3-17-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watching the opening day of the Wimbledon tennis championships, with the pristine grass courts not yet chewed by a fortnight of play, I couldn&#8217;t help but wonder if this is the most beautiful setting in sports.<\/p>\n<p>Few venues or events produce the awe that fans of Wimbledon experience&#8230; but it&#8217;s not unique.<\/p>\n<p>It got me thinking: what sports sight is comparable or might even exceed what fans see at Wimbledon?<\/p>\n<p>How about the azalea-lined drive leading up to the course at Augusta National for The Masters?<\/p>\n<p>How about the vision of 100,000 fans at Bryant-Denny Stadium as the huge scoreboard shows Nick Saban leading the Tide out of the tunnel for a big game?<\/p>\n<p>How about the majestic flight of the eagle over a sold-out Jordan-Hare Stadium?<\/p>\n<p>What sports venue or vision gives you goose bumps? Let us know what you think.<\/p>\n<p>For Threaded Fasteners, I&#8217;m Randy Kennedy with Nuts and Bolts of the Game.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-355673-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/NutsBolts070314.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/NutsBolts070314.mp3\">http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/NutsBolts070314.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Watching the opening day of the Wimbledon tennis championships, with the pristine grass courts not yet chewed by a fortnight of play, I couldn&#8217;t help <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/the-wide-world-of-sports-settings\/\" title=\"The Wide World of Sports Settings\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4489,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,161,106],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-355673","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-home","7":"category-nuts-and-bolts","8":"category-on-the-air"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355690,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355673\/revisions\/355690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}