See The North Pole From Here…
I’ve never spent Christmas so close to The North Pole. We can almost see it from Wisconsin…
I’ve never spent Christmas so close to The North Pole. We can almost see it from Wisconsin…
America’s Football Focus was NOT at Historic McCully Stadium. Understandably. For The Wheaton College Thunder and their faithful fans… The Football Gods were not benevolent on this Saturday.
The annual question WHY does Dave Clawson stay at “little Wake Forest” is heating up AGAIN as it seems to every December for the past several years.
Most Football Rivalries – like Politics – are Local. Not unlike Grandchildren. Ours “matter” a lot to us. Not so much to You. Thats OK. This year’s Big Game for locals is Saturday night.
There is a precious window in each parent / child relationship that we never seem to appreciate until it is closed. “Going to the Big Game with Dad” is a special part of that…..
… standing on the dugout steps wearing a Big League uniform surrounded by 25 professional athletes – Mike Shildt looks like “a lucky fan” who won a “Manager For An Inning” promotion. Mike Shildt IS THE MAN!
Big Time College Sports – Football & Mens Basketball – has undergone a Radical Socio-Cultural Sea-Change over the past 25 years… but NCAA Rules / Definitions have not. Indianapolis, We have a Problem!
Like the Biblical namesake made famous by Pilate’s Either/Or Choice… College Football has its Barabbas. Wayfarin’ souls who know better than to fully unpack because “that day will come when…”
If Shakespeare were alive today would he suggest “First, kill all the referees and umpires” instead of “lawyers? … or maybe “along with the lawyers”?
Any lists of the notable Notables in the NCSU Panteon of Awesome Alums that does not include JILL WAGNER is a Faux-List.
Anyone who says “EVERYBODY KNOWS…” lives in a very small bubble and doesn’t get out very much”. I’m not EVERYBODY any more… and neither are You.
So are The Days Of Our Lives… BobLee reflects on 50 years of “back then” and those he shared those “Days” with. Sands Thru an Hourglass.
Carolina’s Junction Boys… a story of young men facing circumstances and adjusting their lives to “deal with it”. Not a matter of Courage – a matter of Priorities…
Not ONE but TWO items checked off My Bucket List in one week! Is that a Guinness Record? A legendary barbecue restaurant… and an OMG Grocery Store. An odd combination… sort of.
UNCCH finds itself in a Kerfluffle-epidemic. Two recent Kerfluffles have hit the oft-maligned Orange County academic colossus. … BobLee examines their impact.