Category: Blogs
Reliving, recreating and remembering
About 160 miles from the hallowed ground of Bryant-Denney Stadium, home of University of Alabama football, sits the intersection of College and Magnolia in Auburn, Alabama. Here, at this place, sits the epitome of vandalism and littering, but, to the fans of the Auburn Tigers, the intersection is holy ground. This crossroads is the home [...]
Boston Stronger: Renewing the Legacy
It’s been a tough week for all of us. At around 2:50 p.m. Eastern Standard Time last Monday, two explosions rattled the Boston Marathon, injuring more than 170 spectators and killing three people. The youngest of the victims was eight year-old Martin Richard. The blast shook the city of Boston as the attack took place [...]
Love, Loss and some softball at an end
I love sports. There, I said it. It occurred to me, some time ago, that if I want to work in sports I couldn’t be a fan of teams. I just can’t. It would violate the whole fairness thing that everybody seems to be ready to vindicate the media over their supposed lack of it. [...]
Love, loss and a little bit of softball
This is part one of a seven part series. The meeting room of the softball clubhouse at West Texas A&M University is adorned with all kinds of photographs. These 8 x 10 frozen memories have captured everything from dramatic home runs to strike outs and even pitchers, frozen in time, delivering their pitches to a [...]
LeBron versus Jordan
Ever since LeBron James left Cleveland for the sunny waters of Miami, I haven’t really been his biggest fan. To posterize the city that built the man, the “chosen one,” into “The King” on national television was an arrogant move. To wipe away most hope from a passionate fan base that has been struggling for [...]
Signing day overreaction
Let me ask you something. Were there cameras trained on you when you decided what college you were going to? Were there syndicated television personalities watching your every move when you announced your choice? Did you have administrators and professors jumping up and down and cheering in a room when you announced your choice of [...]
Ravens win Super Bowl
Well that would have been cool, wouldn’t it? Early in the third quarter in Super Bowl XLVII, the San Francisco 49ers were down 28-6 to the Baltimore Ravens. Then, out of nowhere and on the biggest stage in American sports, the lights in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome went dark. After a 34 minute delay, the 49ers [...]
The grand ole show down
Here we are again; another Super Bowl is upon us. This year, it’s Super Bowl XLVII. (That’s 47 for those of you whose Roman numeral knowledge may be a little rusty.) The previous 46 Super Bowls have all been very popular and very big events, but I don’t think that there will be another one [...]
A war without the nukes
It’s certainly no secret that the NCAA has made millions of dollars just off of television contracts in recent years, and they hope to make more in the coming seasons. Universities are bolting from their geographically alike conferences to move to a different conference in the hopes of finding roads paved with Benjamin Franklins. The [...]
So, do we call this magic?
I have often wondered what it must be like to be on a campus where a football team is doing something it isn’t supposed to. Utah and Boise State are the schools that come to mind when I think about that. Well, get your glass slippers ready, WTAMU Buffaloes, because you are a Cinderella. In [...]
Connect
Connect with us on the following social media platforms.