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In Heaven’s Press Box, Grantland Weeps

“Outlined against a blue-grey August sky they rode….” The New Breed of Sports Media-ites. Depending upon where you get your sports news, two of the major sports stories involved controversial sportswriters – Jason Whitlock & Jay Marriotti.

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Daaahlink Zsa Zsa, we’ll miss you!

Zsa Zsa Gabor is making her last curtain call. No more trips down the aisle. No more zany conversations with Merv or Johnny. No more Zsa Zsa just being Zsa Zsa. For “my generation” that’s all Zsa Zsa ever was ….. she was Zsa Zsa.

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Angels Don’t Play This Game

You Tar Heel fans perplexified by my hypothetical question about alma maternal priorities – cease perplexing.   I can’t leave you in that condition. If there’s a power surge you might…

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Oh, 2 B Jay OR “The Blond Shuffler”

It is my consensus that Jay Johnson is one man among the masses who does NOT lead a life of quiet desperation.  Jay’s job is not without its pitfalls and perils. Being…

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We’re Ice Skating In Hell !!

Pigs will fly and Hell will freeze over …. before BobLee ever allows Reader Comments on BobLeeSays.com or so it has been said for a decade now.  Well, a squadron…

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This ‘n That while waiting for ….

I’ve been holding off hoping to spring THE BIG ONE on you but there has been a 48 delay in BIG ONE unveiling. The “must discusses” were starting to back up like 747s over LAX so we need to clear the radar right now. ….. Wolfgang Puck is putting the radish roses on top of the wheat thins for the BIG ONE unveiling which is now scheduled for Friday or Saturday. ….. until then:

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This ‘n That while waiting ….

I’ve been holding off hoping to spring THE BIG ONE on you but there has been a 48 delay in BIG ONE unveiling.  The “must discusses” were starting to back up like…

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Angels Don’t Play This Game

Tar Heel fans perplexified by my hypothetical about alma maternal priorities – cease. I can’t leave you in that condition. I will explain today: How Carolina Can Have Big Time Football Without Being The Biggest Hypocrites On The Planet.

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Jake Spoon & Damon Evans “crossed the line”

Jake Spoon rode with McRae & Call’s Texas Rangers. He was a solid comrade but a rascal. He fell in with the cutthroat Suggs’ Gang for a few days. They got caught and they got hung. Jake, and Damon Evans, “crossed the line”.

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Happy Birthday Bill!

Hark The Sound of UNC Athletics Under NCAA Investigation …. Where does that rank with Dewey Defeats Truman? NCAA investigators arrived on the campus on Kindly Ol’ Bill Friday’s 90th Birthday.

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Players From Mars – Fans From Venus

With everyone lathered up over sports agents and athletes, this is an appropriate time to bring up some serious ponderables. Today’s title comes from a psycho-babble book about men & women being different.

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A CAROLINA Wins CWS !

June in Omaha – The ‘Blatt is beautiful ….. A team in light blue is in the CWS Finals ….. Chad Holbrook is in uniform ….. The NC-born “good guy” coach is in the dugout ….. The famous coach is in the stands …. Carolina Wins The College World Series ….. Not so fast Franklin Street – no bon fires for you tonight.

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Hey God, You got a minute?

Prince Albert was tracking Saul headed to Damascus when the e-mail hit my I-phone 3G – Colorado Jumps To Pac-10+. Albert asked Baby Boomers 4 Jesus for concerns he should pass on to The Big Guy. My hand shot up. ….. “Do you guys think God cares about the future of College Football?” ….

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Go West Young Men / so they did.

Duke wins another NatChamp ….. Wake hires the AD’s buddy ….. NCState zaps its AD. …… BUT the folks on Franklin Street like the regional media spotlight ON THEM. In the space of two hours Thursday The Wears flew the coop and LT fell off his legend pedestal AGAIN.

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Pinocchio Without Jiminy

…… BobLee weighs in guns ablazing on a list of headline issues of the day. “The Calipari Way” ……. UConn women …… Trusting Ron Wellman …… The Newest American Hero …… K-praise ….. and Pinocchio Woods forgot to read the fine print.