Travel

Zihuatanejo, Mexico. I owe you an apology. I was tough on you a couple of weeks ago in this space as the site of my son Scott’s and finance Cayla’s...

“I’ll tell you where I’d go. Zihuatanejo. In Mexico. A little place on the Pacific Ocean. You know what the Mexicans say about the Pacific? They say it has no...

George Southworth died almost 30 years ago, but if he were still living I’d find him to help me with a problem. My first University of Miami journalism professor and...

Here we go again. I’m in a bind and have to make a decision. Quickly. Remember a few weeks ago in this space when I whined that the National Football...

Baseball chatter, on the field and out of the dugout, has been a staple of the game for over a century. Back in the day, it was innovative if not...

Sunday Morning Coffee — September 11, 2022 — “…There’s A Damn Elephant On Our Porch!”

Sometimes you’re wrong; sometimes you’re right. I was wrong to bet the Pittsburgh Pirates over 64 wins this season. They are terrible. However, I was 100% right about returning to...

The clamor of a pride of lions racing by your upscale tent awakens camp at the break of dawn. At breakfast, look away for a second and a team of baboons...

Do you even remember where you stashed your suitcases? No doubt they’re somewhere in that utility closet where, over the last 11 months, more and more junk has accumulated while...

This is a story about how the saver got saved. About the baseball relief pitcher who had to go to the bullpen for help. The right-hander who made a career...

Sergeants Bilko and Carter had nothing on her. Sgt. Bilko, the television Army boss in the mid-1950s and 60s, shouted his orders in a very rapid and high octave crescendo....

Sports, the toy department of life, has a way of keeping things real. For me, coronavirus wasn’t real until this week. Oh sure, my portfolio was taking a pounding but...