(Furman graphic) Click here. The Corbin Comet crossed the firmament on Tuesday morning at his home in Simpsonville. Frank Selvy was one of college basketball’s all-time greats. He was 91 years old. Selvy, a native of Corbin, Ky., led the NCAA in scoring twice during his Furman career career (1952-54) and averaged 41.7 points per …
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From Paris to PC to NASCAR
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Shortly after Team USA won Olympic gold in men’s basketball, I showered on account of athletic heroics on TV and the lingering fatigue of a late night in Union, and I hadn’t gotten around to it. Then I drove over to watch Presbyterian College practice the art …
County Signs: Olympics or laughs or both?
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Based on my experience, some athletes belie their public image and others reflect it. One of the better examples is Bill Elliott, whom I like. Elliott, though, is far from his Huck Finn image. He is one of the moodier athletes I’ve ever known. Sometimes Elliott would …
Furmanology: Quips from across the pond
By MONTE DUTTON Garrett Hien (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Myths spread by golf announcers: “The straight putts are always the hard ones.’ No. I never displayed much prowess on the links, but I don’t believe my experience was so radically different. “He has never been better mentally on the golf course.” You should have …
Furmanology: Clay Hendrix and the Furman way
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. On the occasion of Clay Hendrix’s 61st birthday, it’s time to pay homage to one of Furman’s monumental careers. Hendrix played on great Furman football teams and has coached great Paladin elevens. Calling a team an eleven has fallen out of use, but that’s still how many there …
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County Signs: Kids do the darndest things
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Kids are always going to do crazy things. This is because kids enjoy doing crazy things. What prompted this routine observation? I saw a commercial for the snack food Goldfish, and I thought, Why did they ever make a cheesy cracker shaped like goldfish? I remembered when …
Furmanology: Slawson cranks up Pistons
By MONTE DUTTON A Slawson slam (Elena Davidson photo) Click here. I’m looking forward to football. At the moment, I’m learning even more about Caitlin Clark. Nothing wrong with that. I’m a fan, and it’s hard to avoid because the Indiana Fever is on TV three times a week. Plus, what used to be called …
County Signs: Head in the clouds
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Either I’m harkening back to the carefree days of youth, or, as Jonathan Winters used to say, I’m starting the final glide path. Do you remember lying on your back in the yard – back in pre-fire-ants times – and staring at the clouds? When the power …
County Signs: Heroes grow absent
By MONTE DUTTON FCA Camp at PC (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I saw several games at Rickwood Field when the Birmingham Barons played there. The Barons have since moved twice and now play in a sparkling downtown stadium. The San Francisco Giants are playing the Saint Louis Cardinals there on Thursday night. One reason …
Furmanology: The need for speed(ing tickets)
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. The United States Open is being played in Moore County, N.C., which is a golf principality. Just to the south is Richmond County, which is a onetime NASCAR duchy. Every time I wrote about a race at Rockingham, I stayed at the Holiday Inn in Southern Pines, …
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Nightrider's Lament 