"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 Click here. It did everything but rain on Clinton High School in Inman, S.C., on Friday night. I got up Saturday, trudged through a wretched account of Chapman’s 45-13 victory — I shall not lie; I left the game early — and just wanted to go out and see something wholesome. Watching …
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By MONTE DUTTON On Saturday night, I slept well on paper. Click here. I’d been sick for a few days. Not on paper. In the toilet. I was better, but not enough to be too far away from the bathroom. Even in a shoebox, the bathroom is still a long way when nature calls in …
By MONTE DUTTON Anderson brought a considerable crowd (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. GREENVILLE, S.C. – The night has never shone more brightly at Paladin Stadium than on Thursday night. The lights are brand-new. Furman proved on Thursday night it can be good. The Paladins are not there yet. A 20-3, opening-night football victory over …
By MONTE DUTTON The one I attended was not so boisterous. It was fun, or else I wouldn't have been there. Western Carolina's Kerwin Bell It was good to be out and about Tuesday.The Southern Conference held its football media day in Greenville, S.C., giving me another opportunity to review the various routes from my …
By MONTE DUTTON Exciting World Cup final moment with fans cheering for Argentina versus Brazil. Click here. Slapdash observations from a weekend of watching sports and being American: One of my enduring nitpicks with NASCAR telecasters is their misleading comments on road courses and short tracks. A car slows for a flat turn. The car …
By MONTE DUTTON "A man! A plan! A canal! Panama!" (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Friday was such a great day. I didn’t want to drive to Lugoff, or Elgin, or wherever Lugoff-Elgin is. I wanted Clinton High School to win the Class 2A state championship at home, where their hearts are, with a crowd …
By MONTE DUTTON Tanner Finley (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Clinton High’s baseball team ransacked the Low Country as if led by Francis Marion, not Peyton Spangler. In three games at the Hanahan Invitational, the Red Devils cleaned out Hickory Grove Christian, Berkeley and Bishop England by a combined score of 25-10. Berkeley won the …
By MONTE DUTTON Alex Wilkins (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. This is a bit jaded by the institution on my diploma – but … In the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Furman kept it close for most the game before losing to Connecticut. In the final, the same with UConn against Michigan. The Paladins, …
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. In a week of moping around, dealing with things that would not work and dreaming impossible dreams, life gets back to normal, or didn’t I write that last week? Notes from watching too many basketball games: Gunfighters shoot from the hip. Politicians shoot from the lip. Basketball players shoot from …
By MONTE DUTTON Tarris Reed Jr. (UConn photo) Click here. The controversial quotation, from Vince Lombardi, was: “Winning isn’t everything. It is the only thing.” The Green Bay Packers head coach, who lost one postseason game in his career, meant his remark to be aspirational. Winning is the only goal worth seeking. Connecticut (30-5), a …
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