By MONTE DUTTON Clay Hendrix (Furman photo) Click here. I am prone to overestimation of Furman’s football prospects. A year ago, as I perused Hunter Reid’s preview of the various position groups – the currently fashionable term is “rooms” – I discovered in the layout process that I had few action photos on file of …
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The village and its team
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. It takes a village. In 2006, Hillary Clinton wrote a book with that title. Nowadays, for many citizens, the opinion depends on the origin of the message. The late songwriter/comedian Tim Wilson (a PC man, by the way) wrote a song that lampooned the message: “It Takes …
The Devils are in the details
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The Clinton Red Devils were decked out in their game uniforms on Friday morning, and they looked proud, as well they should. The fact that they are the reigning Class 2A state champions naturally leads to the suspicion that they can do it again. High expectations are, …
A visit to another county
By MONTE DUTTON Not Stonehenge (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I’ve not been a globetrotter. I’ve not even been a county trotter. Or a trotter at all. I did drive to Newberry on Wednesday, though, for a long overdue visit with a friend. Dr. Jodie Peeler, communications program director at Newberry College, and I had …
Fans can like what they want
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. My opinion is grounded in most of a lifetime of sportswriting. It’s not wrong to hope others like you do well. What’s wrong is to limit an activity, sport or career only to people like you. Bubba Wallace’s victory at the Brickyard 400 made me ponder this topic. I have …
Nutty in Johannesburg
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I enjoyed the wide world of motorsports on Saturday. “Spanning the globe to bring you the human drama of sports … the thrill of victory ... the agony of defeat,” I watched a little Indy Car qualifying from Laguna Seca – perhaps my favorite road course because of “the corkscrew” …
Trying to keep my head above water
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. So … … I’ve quipped for months that I hoped to live long enough to see the sale of my land go through so that I could make a new start in a new place and become successful again. It’s not as much of a joke as it used to …
Scheffler is golf’s coolest cat
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. In Tiger Woods’ heyday, he was rolling thunder. It never surprised me when his body began to fail him. I’ve never seen a golfer come out of cleats like Woods. It was exciting, though. Scottie Scheffler’s personality reminds me of singer Vince Gill. He doesn’t seem to have that burning …
Was that only yesterday or 40 years ago?
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Time flies like an arrow, and fruit flies like a banana. No. I didn’t think of that. It just makes me chuckle softly. It’s amazing how long ago it was when certain things happened. Check that. When all things happened. I was watching the British Open on Thursday. Announcers were …
Back from the dead
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Monday had a weird morning. About two weeks ago, a thunderstorm knocked out the electricity for a while, and later that night when I went to bed, I discovered that my CPAP went out. For the time being, I went out and bought some Breathe Rite bandages and did some …
Nightrider's Lament 