Heart attack on the way back from 2003 Florida Sports Writers Association college football media days. I outlived the FSWA, it turns out. Also...
I had an editor like that.
Negro Leaguer from our town had all kinds of memorabilia, including an invitation to "An Afternoon of Jazz" at the home of Jackie and Rachel Robinson.
Did a story about a Molson commercial filmed in our town years ago. They poured it into goblets, then poured it on the ground between takes. Our...
My faith sustained me, confident that my parents' suffering was over. I grew up in a big family and my parents had many (deserved) friends. Their...
Grew up a fan of Gordon Solie, the 'Walter Cronkite of the Squared Circle.' RIP Mean Gene.
Married at 40, father at 44 (almost 45). My dad was almost 27 when he got married, 28 when I was born. When I was a kid, I wondered what took him...
Can't Alabama claim another national championship here?
I thought this was about FSU football.
My coldest game was in Pahokee, Fla., of all places, in December of '88. In the 40s -- cold for South Florida – with a fierce wind coming off Lake...
Ann Coulter?
Washed dishes at a truck stop for $1.50 an hour senior year of high school. Boss cut pay to $1.25 claiming school board member had gotten wind of...
Fulton County Stadium Turner Field Metrodome Joe Robbie Stadium (whatever it was called when the Marlins debuted) Tropicana Stadium Kauffman...
Come see Bottomless Pete, nature's cruelest mistake!
Creepy new Lay's potato chip bags with the open mouth at the top.
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