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I'm about to pick our All-County volleyball team, and I'm curious what methods you guys use. I'll describe each coach's pros and cons and let me know who you'd pick. I'm not picking who you pick necessarily. I'm more interested in any points of view or questions you may have that I didn't think...

As I was driving to my Friday night football coverage two weeks ago, I saw the sign in front of the home school. It announced a PTO meeting on the top two lines. The bottom line read: "Go Party Crashers!" Now the background. Several weeks back I covered this team when it pulled off what many...

I am going to be responsible for a round-table discussion with the starting quarterbacks from our seven local high school football teams. They'll be gathered for a big group photo anyway, and I'm going to take advantage of the opportunity. I'm curious if any of you guys have suggestions for good...

I've always been taught not to harp on God and Jesus and religious stuff like that while writing, but I'm curious what y'all think of this. I'm writing a story on a high school baseball player whose father died before the season began. The final quote probably is going to be his pastor, who the...

I've been dealing with a lot of high school track recently, and I discovered a phenomenon that fascinates me to no end. It's the progression and limits of world records. This could go for any sport that deals with timed events. We're going to use the 1-mile run in track. The world record is...

Does anyone else get riled up when you read the words "just" and "only?" I've always been taught you limit the use for both specifically for when referring to one of something. So, you could say, "Johnny Hotshot allowed only one hit in four innings." But you could not say, "Suzie Shortpants...

A couple of weeks ago I covered a lower level high school game in which the following happened. Seldom-used pinch hitter at the plate swings and misses at a high pitch for strike three. The ball popped out of the catcher's mitt as he stood up to catch it. The ball landed on home plate. Not...

It is NOT "cross-country." >:( It simply is "cross country." I don't know how it got started that people started hyphenating it, but it's wrong.

What deserves to happen to the student who wrote the column discussed in this story? Both, for real, and in jest. http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-nebccsu0209.artfeb09,0,4411698.story?coll=hc-headlines-local

...the last time any columnist hammered a coach or player as badly as Dan Le Batard did today? http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/16374957.htm The punctuation on the Nick Saban Error is greasy and greedy. You know what he was as Dolphins coach? A failure. A loser. A gasbag. And one of the...

This kid's team had just won, 46-0, and basically never made a mistake. Me: "How can you guys play better than you did today." Kid: "Well, we can score more points and give up fewer." Me: "But you didn't give up any points." Kid: "Good point. I don't know then."

Anyone see Erin Andrews interview Larry Coker after Miami beat BC, 17-14, tonight? She asked some hard-hitting questions about his future, and he responded to everyone stoicly and never got mad. I can't say I agree with whether he should remain the coach, but at least he kept a level head. And...

I live more than a one-day drive from my hometown so I'm staying in my new state for Thanksgiving. A friend, who lives with mom having just graduated college, has invited me to his place. I want to take a bottle of wine as a thank-you gift for his mom. Problem is, I know nothing about wine. I...

I have been going back and forth with some random guy on another forum about general sports reporting talk. He wrote something about how Bob Ryan is horrible and how Lupica is great. I responded with this. "Bob Ryan is one of the most respected sports reporters in the business. Other sports...

Not sure if I'm behind the times on this, but I just read this in the latest ESPN: The Magazine (ducking from large objects being thrown my way for supporting the evil empire). Fans will be able to purchase tickets to sit with the media at some NBA arenas this season. I know I'm not looking...

I'm all for the tell-me-your-story threads so I'm going to start one in honor of basketball season being about one month away. What is the best finish you saw in a HIGH SCHOOL basketball game? Mine went like this: Home team down by two with 7 seconds to go inbounding from half court. PG passes...

Lay claim to your next week's Friday night high school football lede now...

You're covering a local golf tournament - be it a high school tourney or a city tourney - and someone in the group you're walking with loses a ball. Is it OK for a sports reporter to help that person look for the ball?

I've posted once and got ripped in that one. Let's see if I can go 0-for-2. This ran awhile back (with a facts box that showed all the player's accomplishements, including first team All-American and USA Softball Player of the Year in 2005). I see a lot of critiquing on here, so I want to see...

A question for all you sports editors or otherwise in-the-know folks out there. I am starting a new sports reporting job in which I'll have the opportunity to cover the NFL, NBA and MLB. Though the job will be mostly preps and recreational stuff I should be able to get enough good pro clips for...