Just when it seemed that youth would dominate the headlines and capture the attention of sports fans everywhere, when new diseases seemed to focus on taking out those of advanced age, there are signs of hope for us of in the last, or perhaps best, half of life.

From NFL football, to PGA golf, to IndyCar racing the senior statesmen of their sport are taking home the top prizes as those decades younger can only watch in awe and amazement.

Congratulations to Phil Mickelson, oldest player to win a major PGA Championship and yes congrats even to Tom Brady, now with our local team the Tampa Bay Bucanneers, the oldest quarterback to lead his team to a Super Bowl victory.

Congratulations to all those men and women who use their life-long experience to push the boundaries of their age, those who continue to battle age discrimination in the workplace, those who work and achieve to the best of their abilities, not to others’ conception of what should be their “age-appropriate” behavior. Who else should we recognize as exemplary of age-defying feats of perseverance and bravery? Please add them to the comments below.

Ya can’t keep an old pirate down.

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