"Why do they [write] for their money? Why do they [work] for short pay? They ain't getting nowhere and they're losing their share. They must have gone crazy back there." — Michael Burton (paraphrased)
By MONTE DUTTON Luke Clark (Furman photo) Click here. It’s doubly hard for winners to process it when they don’t win.Clay Hendrix and Luke Clark are winners many times over. They expect to win. For both the Furman head football coach and the graduate bandit – how’s that for a misleading term? – the Paladins’ …
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Tom House (Furman photo) Click here. Surprising no one, an International flavor agreed with Furman in its men’s basketball icebreaker at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on Monday night.That’s Columbia International. The Rams succumbed to the Paladins by a score of 104-46.Not much could be ascertained, other than most everyone for Furman (1-0) looked marvelous. The …
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By MONTE DUTTON Jonah Pierce (PC photo) Click here. Presbyterian kept its men’s basketball debut close but couldn’t pull out an upset as Charlotte upended the Blue Hose at the 49ers’ Halton Arena on Monday night.It was the nightcap of a women/men twinbill between PC and Charlotte.Jonah Pierce scored a game-high 22 points while grabbing …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Hold your horses – or perhaps your pitchforks -- on the celebrations for Clinton High School in the Class 2A football playoffs.The Red Devils – and the ones in Liberty, too – have a lot riding on Friday night’s game at Liberty.Clinton (6-2, 3-0 Region 1-2A) must …
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Colton Hinton (Furman photo) Click here. In their football uniforms, Furman and Virginia Military looked as if it was 1970. That year the Keydets blanked the Paladins, 13-0, in Lexington, Va.On Saturday, the score was 21-17 as VMI won its first game and Furman lost its third straight. It was a throwback in the worst …
By MONTE DUTTON Collin Hurst (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. What is Presbyterian College if not a place for the little guy?Collin Hurst is quite a little guy. He’s 5-10, a buck 65. Plays QB. Just a red-shirt freshman, out of Davie, Fla.Davie, Davie, Florida, king of the wild frontier. A little mythology never hurt …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. GREENWOOD – It’s November, and most of the hay is in the barns, or at least it would be if it wasn’t baled in giant rolls nowadays.Emerald and Laurens played a hard-fought football game that the Vikings won, 26-17, at Frank Hill Stadium, on Friday night. Emerald …
By MONTE DUTTON Not exactly the same, but you get the idea. Click here. Another sign that life is getting back to normal was I ate again at Steamers for the first time since it reopened.An old-fashioned cheeseburger plate with onion rings. It hit the spot. I’ve been enjoying an approximation of that cheeseburger off …
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By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. The week hasn’t been a total loss. I saw Daniel J. Travanti, Furillo many years later on Hill Street Blues, trying and failing to get away with murder on an old Perry Mason. Also, I watched a splendid movie, “Cry, Beloved Country,” starring James Earl Jones and Richard …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I usually go to football games about 90 minutes early. I like to hang out and watch the band do its rehearsal. I take photos of trees and clouds. I chat with officials, ball boys and chain crews. The people who work football games aren’t there for …
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Nightrider's Lament 