You and I LOVED the Butler Cinderella Ride, right? 100,000s of fans did. But a certain group of sports administrators saw the darkside of David v Goliath. The Athletic Directors at all the other “Davids” across the country.
Carl WHO? “Spackler” – the assistant greenskeeper at Bushwood Country Club (aka Bill Murray). Carl is THE MAN when it comes to varmint control. Over near Chapel Hill several categories of out-of-control “varmints” are aloose. WARNING: This column has a high “YEE HAA” factor.
A Ketchup Column: BobLee’s “catches up” on a plethora of “what about” news bites and items not worthy of their very own column …… Ketchup / “Catch Up” !!! Get it? Clever, huh?
….. Twenty years ago Eric Montross was not allowed to be a Playboy All-American. UNC officials deemed it inappropriate to the image of college athletics. Dean lobbied against beer ads on ACC telecasts. …… now John Calipari is featured on Maker’s Mark bottles. Hypocrites and old fogeys notwithstanding, wherever “they” draw a line someone will cross it “just because”.
….. A “attend a funeral” decision should always be “Yes, do it.” Funerals are a final public statement of the guest of honor’s mortal marathon ….. Approaching my own inevitable conclusion, can I improve upon my plan for a Viking funeral in a flaming dragon ship? Governor Dumpling, BobLee and Kathy Taft were together in Greenville on Saturday last.
Still caring but not much ….. I noted a few weeks ago that I did not fill out a bracket this year. In past years I annually did 3-4. I never “won” but it would have been un-American not to, or so I thought. My lukewarmness to “big time college sports” could be linked to UNC’s Season To Not-Remember but its more than that. A big shout out to ginger snaps and good books!
Good stuff and bad stuff happens every day. We tend to ho-hum the news. Saturday I was skimming a local news website and noted a headline about a crime victim. HEY, I know her! It was Kathy (Arnold) Taft – my friend of 50+ years.
at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd in Durham a party was held. The aftermath of that party is forever etched in the history of The Triangle and in the history of American journalism. On this 4th anniversary, we revisit a specific segment of The Duke Lacrosse Scandal (DLS). It is important that WE NEVER FORGET!
UNC’s MAN For All Reasons: Last week’s announcement that Erskine Bowles is retiring as UNC System President, set off the predictable brickbats and snarky jibes from his detractors. As President & Sgt-at-Arms of Right Wing Fanatics For Erskine (RWFFE) I shall add my insightful comments to the mix. ….. The Erskine Era shows us much about ourselves and the often yucky realities of “these times”.
….. Just ONE week ago Peyton Manning was being acclaimed “the greatest QB ever”. One errant pass later and he is being compared to Trent Dilfer and Mark Rypien. ….. our frantic search for “heroes” to put on pedestals so we can knock’em off those same pedestals. ….. and BobLee goes ballistic over people going ballistic over latest “Roy said WHAT!” non-story.
…. Every UNC Cheerleader must be named “Eve”. Q: How do I know? A: None of them have belly buttons. ….. Just one of the scrumptious buffet items that BobLee feasted upon from courtside ….. as, alas, the “Noles feasted on Roys Boyz. Someone has said I could go to the city dump, shoot rats with a .22 and come away with a column about it. Courtside at Dean’s Dome was far more hospitable and, as always ….. quite A HOOT!
….. Today’s subject is suicide. Like dressing up in a sardine suit to swim w/ Tilikum. Buddies and babes who normally agree with me on everything are going to be bailing on this one. It HAS to be said. …..”Watching girls try to play basketball is as agonizingly painful as watching boys try to knit.”
…. Huh, WHAT?: BobLee on the occasion of Erskine’s BREAKING NEWS career decision. BobLee made four career blunders in his adult life. Erskine seems hell-bent to catch and surpass him. Is THIS what friends are for?
Storms of Controversy Brewin’: More madcap silliness from ESPN ….. weinie-throwing mascots …. School boards accept challenge from HOAs …… Roy2Schools chases history ….. AND A Historic TRI-Partisan Commission Meets “beneath the rafters”!
….. It is cozily comforting to conclude that EVERY SINGLE event on the planet is a sinister chess move by a combo-cabal of Tri-Lateralists, Neo-Cons, Nit-Wits, Baptists, ACLU, John Swofford, Kris Jenner, George Soros, J.K. Rowling, Rotarians or Lee Fowler. Mamma Kardashian causing the Indonesian tsunami IS a stretch but plausible until you consider Spontaneous Evolution aka “The Toto Factor”. Terms you’ve never heard. I just made them up.