Paladins’ football prospects figure to rise

By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photos) Click here. In the next few days and nights, Nebraska is playing Cincinnati, East Carolina-North Carolina State, Georgia Tech-Colorado, Auburn-Baylor, Syracuse-Tennessee, Northwestern-Tulane, Texas-Ohio State, Louisiana State-Clemson, Alabama-Florida State, Notre Dame-Miami and South Carolina-Virginia Tech. Among many others. Big deal. William & Mary is playing Furman. I speak for no one …

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Raiders to take their shot at Clinton

By MONTE DUTTON Seniors Jaydon Glenn (1), Kynius Williams (44) and Adarrell Swindler line up against Woodruff (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. The football game scheduled for Friday night at K.C. Hanna Stadium is a different kind of rivalry, though both Clinton and Laurens are 0-1. Last week Woodruff defeated Clinton, 21-13. It was a …

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Timmons Arena is something else

By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. It is glittering and bright, this brand-new Timmons Arena. On a campus of stately brick buildings and picturesque fountains, Furman University’s reimagined basketball arena more closely resembles the fountains. A little of the Williamsburg architecture remains on the sides, but from the outside, the edifice is overwhelmingly …

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Friday night comes alive

By MONTE DUTTON Click here. A state championship is the ultimate achievement in high-school sports until, all of a sudden, it isn’t. Clinton High, like every other occupant of the proverbial mountaintop, enjoyed the experience so much that the prospect of another seems irresistible. It’s not easy. Last year, when the Red Devils were 12-2, …

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Thoughts that have infected me recently

By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Latest trends in the world of sports: Length and size have replaced height and weight. Groups have been replaced by rooms (“the quarterback room”) that I suspect do not actually exist. Some words have flip-flopped meanings to the point where anything goes. Citizens want governments to be “transparent” so they …

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