Tag Archives: Sports

April Madness

After 24-hour-a-day basketball, what are we supposed to watch now? American Idol? Baseball that doesn’t matter? Diners, Drive-Ins and the Toast Chees I used to eat every day for lunch?

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Drunk and Dressed To The Hilt

I went to a Southern university where proper ladies and gentlemen of culture wore suits, ties and sundresses to football games on Saturday. Since I was neither proper nor cultured and wouldn’t recognize a lady or a gentleman if they … Continue reading

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You Think Brett Favre Has Seen It All?

We tend to attach logos to the ends of our accomplishments in branding. I’d like to look at the last 29 years, however, as experiences (plural) rather than experience (singular). There is a big difference.

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Strike Three, We’re Out

It hurts to lose a baseball game. It hurts even more to lose your entire team.

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Orange Bowl R.I.P.

The most popular funeral tune is Amazing Grace. I can hear it now, the strains of the old notes riding the breeze north from Miami. How sweet the sound.

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JJ and the Texas Big House

The old man slammed the sports section of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram down on the just-wiped table, took off his sweat-stained Resistol, placed it in the seat beside him and settled in with several other breakfast regulars in the cinderblock … Continue reading

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Speed Bumps

NASCAR has hit a few speed bumps, according to a recent article in The New York Times. Attendance and TV viewership aren’t growing like they once were; new race venues around the country have been axed or aren’t pulling the … Continue reading

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Our Partial List of Things That Make This the South

It is impossible, in one blog, to even attempt to address the things that make the South a unique place. Note: You may see a food pattern forming below, but that’s okay. If you see a skinny Southerner, that just … Continue reading

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After-Bowl Ads Get More Attention Than Super Bowl

After two mechanics did the lip-shimmy up the chocolate shaft of a Snickers bar while working on a car and ended the ordeal with a kiss during the Super Bowl commercial snoozathon, a particular group got offended and started complaining, … Continue reading

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The Real National Champions

It was worth staying up until 1 am to see. The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, a supposed snoozefest between powerhouse Oklahoma and former junior college Boise State (of the blue field) turned into the best college football game I have ever … Continue reading

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