There’s only six long, hot, boring days left until Christmas in Alabama and while biding our time we’ve been thinkin’ about some things.... ... Seven words I never want to...
August 15 and August 16. Three and four days ago. Take the same two dates and span them over fifty-three years. They are the days the music not only started,...
Thurman Munson died thirty-nine years ago Thurday. It was August 2, 1979. Some from the younger set will ask ‘who was Thurman Munson?’ Others might recall the name. But if...
The trip started 16,085 days ago. June 17, 1974 to be exact. It ended Friday afternoon. The goal was to become a hockey writer. Ultimately, the best damn hockey writer...
Like almost everything else in life these days, getting on a bicycle used to be easier. Much easier. Nevertheless, last Monday I put my left foot on the left pedal...
If politics makes for strange bedfellows, then in our house tennis heroes fall just short of separate bedrooms. While Andi and I are on different ends of the political spectrum,...
The ink wasn’t even dry and I was asked the question. Actually, that’s not true. They don’t use ink anymore. But I still got asked the question. It was the...
Dear Vegas Golden Knights: I write this letter in confidence. Please keep it between us. As a lifelong New York Rangers fan the Stanley Cup has never gotten in my...
What in the name of Mikhail Baryshnikov is going on? Today is my birthday. Somehow I just became 66. The Social Security Administration told me by letter yesterday, in a...
The normally tasty pecan crusted chicken salad wasn’t as good on Wednesday. “Bruno Sammartino died today,” I said to Andi over lunch. She sensed my disappointment. “I don’t know who...
For the past twenty or maybe twenty-five years, ever since the kids left and life slowed down, today was my favorite Sunday of the year. Masters Sunday. The futon on...
Whether you follow college basketball the rest of the year or not, and most people don't, this month is all-in for the game. It's the fortnight plus one when people...