Daryl Smith with the Raiders (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. My life is taking a narrow focus. I just realized I don’t know who won last week’s NASCAR race. Why? The answer is obvious. Presbyterian College was pursuing a doomed women’s basketball dream. To paraphase Bill Murray, I hear there’s money in that gig. This …
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Furmanology: The rebuild is comprehensive
J.P. Pegues scans the lane. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. It’s ironic that as Furman rebuilds its arena, it is going to be rebuilding its men’s basketball team. It’s remarkable how well Bob Richey has managed to keep his teams together. Maybe this is the year the law of averages catch up. Kids from Christy …
County Signs: Figures that it began with a funeral
Brett Young (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. A high percentage of people who attended a funeral and wrote about it mentioned the weather. For the record, it was drizzly and overcast at Fort Jackson National Military Cemetery when Jim McLaurin took his mortal bow. I saw no hidden meaning. The poet laureate of the working …
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County Signs: Vikings founder crossing lake
Me-Me Smith (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Because ESPN2 must have something to show on Tuesday night, I watched part of the men’s basketball game between High Point and Arkansas State. It’s the Ro College Basketball Invitational, live from Daytona Beach Center. High Point, the regular-season champion of the Big South, was up seven the …
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Furmanology: Transfer protocol strikes
J.P. Pegues was first-team All-SoCon and the 2023 conference tournament MVP. (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Furman is unlikely to be picked first in the Southern Conference’s next preseason men’s basketball poll. The Paladins’ first, second, third and fifth leading scorers have entered the NCAA transfer protocol. The four – J.P. Pegues, Marcus Foster, Alex …
County Signs: The fight is on for Region 2-4A
Coleman Coker (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I was working on the photos from the Greer-Laurens baseball game, and I decided I’d watch West Virginia play Iowa and check out Caitlin Clark for a while. I like her. But the Mountaineers took over the game in the second quarter while, for nearly three minutes on …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: They played, and it was close
Samage Teel scored a career-best 28 points. (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Is it me, or did the Blue Hose’ 52-point loss to South Carolina seem a bit less painful when the Gamecocks pulverized the Tar Heels by 47? It’s been a minute since I’ve seen a pure shooter like Oakland’s Jack Gohlke. Emphasis on …
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Furmanology: Softball on a hot streak
(Furman photo) Click here. I heard a comic say, when the March Madness is over (in April), people can go back to doing work in their offices. Those lines have always been blurred for yours truly. My trade is translating sports into English. I write what I see and what people say. What separates being …
Blue Hose Blurbs: Miracles don’t always happen
(PC photo) Click here. It has been established that Presbyterian College sports teams are capable of extraordinary surprises. The Blue Hose went to the Big South women’s basketball tournament as the fifth seed and won it, thus earning a berth in the NCAA. There they ended Sacred Heart’s 15-game winning streak. They could muster no …
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Blue Hose make most of harsh lessons
Tilda Sjokvist (PC photo) Click here. COLUMBIA – Even the most ruthless of Gamecock fans had to look at the outwomaned Presbyterians and think, Hate it for you. A little? It could not have happened any other way. The No. 1 team in the nation, South Carolina, defeated the onetime fifth seed of the Big …
Nightrider's Lament 