Recent content by J.C. Wolf

You know, I was pretty sure I caught you giving me the sexy eye at the state championships a few years back. ... But in all seriousness, thanks, man. And congrats to you and your staff, and all of my friends and colleagues being honored for their work.

Thanks for the kind words, everyone. The situation in Danville is unusual, and much has changed since I started at the R&B more than three years ago. The switch to a regional copy desk came with some pluses and minuses - most notably, those of us who retained employment and remained in Danville...

No doubt. But it ran in the sports section. It's partly a story about umpires and the fraternity they share, a spin I tried to give it since I knew it was appearing in sports and not news. One of the umpires I talked to last night said he looked more like 40, and that baseball must have kept...

Yesterday was a heck of a day, to say the least. I'm posting this not so much to pat myself on the back, but just in an effort to share my experience. I've never quite stacked quotes like this, but it was written on a tight deadline after lots of reporting and, honestly, what was I supposed to...

Since the subject has come up, I figured I'd share this game story. Some of you may find it amusing. It was written on tight deadline. http://www2.godanriver.com/gdr/sports/high_school/article/prep_baseball_gw_erupts_for_19_runs_in_one_inning_tramples_fleming/11129/

This workshop was a far better tool and a much more engaging venue with the likes of Jones and jgmacg around... :(

An anonymous poster called this enterprise piece about bull riding an "outrageous cover story ... without a doubt the most repulsive accounting of an event I have ever read in your paper." I tried to take a human interest approach to appeal to the widest possible audience, but at the same time...

This is not a sports job. But if anyone is interested, you can feel free to PM me. We're looking for another news-side reporter, too.

I heard while attending the APSE convention that my former newspaper recently laid off staff and cut back to a weekly, and I was sad – but not shocked – to learn that it happened. In fact, many have expressed surprise over the years that The Phoenix, a tiny paper in suburban Philadelphia...

Big congrats to Andy, who I've briefly had the pleasure of working alongside and is a former fellow member of the Danville R&B sports staff. Best of luck! If you're doing basketball too, I'm sure you'll have an Auburn player tagging your notebook at the SEC hoops tournament in no time. And...

Drew is leaving to become the SID at Averett, the D3 college in town. In fact, he already started there. He's been good enough to hang around the office till we get the prep football tab finished. So then it is my stomach churning. <sigh.>

Media General is far from terrible. The purse strings are tightening but you can say the same thing about anywhere. Disclaimer: I have also worked for Ogden and JRC. Also of note, another sports writer just left the department to go back to school. See Drew's earlier post regarding replacing...

I sense an avalanche of resumes flooding the office. Or maybe it's my stomach churning. :-\

Well ... we are a little pissy about it. A little. But at least he'll still be around town to absorb our abuse! :D

Jeff "Peaches" Patterson is off the team. :D I know nothing of and would have been all over $1 Yuenglings at Ham's. Alas, my several months-long Ham's boycott just ended about a week ago. Damn delicious Tuesday cheeseburger specials... And definitely wrong on this count. Peaches' position...