The world according to Jim:

• The term is “graybeard.” It’s the one that we tend to use to refer to, say, any veteran still plugging away in our games. Most dictionaries tend to agree with this particular definition, as quoted by Merriam-Webster: “An old man.” (And just imagine all of the synonyms they’ve come up with.)

“Old” on the sports pages is relative, of course. And many of those we might refer to as “graybeards” probably don’t need Just For Men. (Or else they do but they use it on the sly). …

• But here in L.A. there are two notable exceptions, two former high school teammates who have decided they don’t really care about all those gray hairs on their chinny-chin-chins. And to Clayton Kershaw and Matthew Stafford, buddies going back to their days in Dallas as Highland Park S

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