Whicker: Chargers, Rams profited from Tommy Prothro’s vision, but he didn’t

Tommy Prothro was a Life Master on the bridge table. He flew to international competitions and partnered with actor Omar Sharif.
Bridge can be learned, but it favors the gifted. It demands memory and intuition, to figure out if the dangerous cards are to your right or left. It rewards organization, to avoid getting stuck on the board with no access to your own hand.
And it lives on a terse form of communication. When you say “Four clubs,” your partner has to know exactly what that me