By MONTE DUTTON Click here. In times such as these, a million people have this thought crackle across the synapses of the brain. One doesn’t appreciate power, particularly the electric variety, until one doesn’t have it anymore. All blessings flow from God, but hot water, wi-fi, air conditioning and untold other modern marvels flow from …
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The gallant young daredevils of Daytona Beach
By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay photo) Click here. I don’t often spend as much time in a day and night watching automobile races anymore. Once the Xfinity race in Daytona Beach, Fla., had been rained out on Saturday and rained out at 11 a.m. Monday and finally conducted sometime around 9 p.m., I had most of …
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No need for rash decisions
By MONTE DUTTON Carter Whitt whips a pass. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ I sure missed being at Timmons Arena on Sunday. Undoubtedly some friends figured I stayed home so I could watch the Daytona 500 since I spent 20 of the seasons in my life at the Daytona 500, but that’s not true. If I’d …
Here comes the Super Bowl, ready or not!
By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Presbyterian College is going to be playing basketball in a little while. I vowed, having experienced what happens when one insists on writing about ballgames when one is sick, I was not going out to ballgames again until this shingles has run its course. Yet every day I think …
Unbeknownst to Blue Hose, they won one for Mojo
Mojo Nixon's head still bobbling at 6:08. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Oh, what a night it must have been at Templeton Center. It may have been the best night of the season for Presbyterian men’s basketball, at the very least since the season opener at Vanderbilt, and this was in the Big South. The SEC …
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Hello, trouble, trouble, trouble, welcome home …
By MONTE DUTTON Two years ago at the Southern Conference Tournament (Elena Davidson photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ One of NASCAR’s more familiar truisms is that the best way to make a small fortune in racing is to start out with a large one. That’s the modern path of journalism. In my case, it’s small fortune to none. …
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The healing qualities of breakfast
By MONTE DUTTON (Steamers photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Well, I woke up [Wednesday] morning with no way to hold my head that didn’t hurt. I didn’t have a beer for breakfast that wasn’t bad so I had one more for dessert. At my age, it would’ve likely made things much worse. Apologies to Kris Kristofferson, who wrote …
‘Go where you wanna go, do what you wanna do’
By MONTE DUTTON Furman's PJay Smith gets a helping hand from J.P. Pegues. (Elena Davidson photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Here’s a scoop. There are things out there that I can’t figure out. I can’t figure out why it apparently bothers so many people that the world’s best tight end is seeing the world’s most famous woman. Traaaaviiiis …
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‘With malice toward none, with charity for all …’
By MONTE DUTTON The Clinton and Laurens cross-country seniors -- the Raiders have only one -- get ready to take he game ball to midfield. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ As I was driving to Laurens Friday afternoon, I thought about how the Raider cross country team had the tougher task running the game ball to …
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Be true to your school, boys
By MONTE DUTTON The glistening sweat of summer days leads to Friday-night lights. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Lots of things I didn’t like as a kid I love today. I’ve got a lot more sense now. For all you kids out there in Internet Land, this is going to happen to you. You’re going to …
Nightrider's Lament 