Marino was born on Sept. 15, 1961 in Pittsburgh and raised in the sports-minded Oakland section, an ethnic, working-class neighborhood. His father, Dan Sr., delivered newspaper bundles for the ...

It remains a cult classic so that Marino is greeted with, “Laces out, Dan,” from caddies in Ireland to twentysomethings in airports to Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel when he first met Marino.