By MONTE DUTTON The sky above Paladin Stadium is the limit. (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. While the Atlantic Coast Conference was meeting in Charlotte, N.C., amid rumors and litigation, the Southern Conference seemed stable and cohesive in Greenville on Tuesday. That doesn’t mean the coming football battles won’t be fierce. It’s a reason they …
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Furmanology: The eyes of the SoCon …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The Hotel Hartness is a fantastic venue that is hard to find. Sure, I went there last year. This time my pickup recommended a course that was blocked by construction. That’s why I go places annoyingly early. I drove by The Real Estate Gallery. Yet it was …
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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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 …
Furmanology: Hits and misses at Fourth funnies
By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay photo) Click here. I’m no expert at Fourth of July celebrations. I’ve been to a few ballgames. For many years, I wrote about a stock-car race thereabouts. Mainly I just hear the bombs bursting in air. I miss the rocket’s red glare. Small towns have more sense. One of my familiar …
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Furmanology: A week to relax and regroup
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. In the summertime, when the weather is hot, on the week of the Fourth, local sports subside. And so forth. The kids take a week to watch fireworks displays. They frolic about at beaches and lakefronts. In many cases, so do the grown-ups. As was regularly said …
Furmanology: It takes a village to raise a team
By MONTE DUTTON Carson Jones is one of 14 Paladins who have started (Furman photo). Click here. What challenges lie ahead. Furman’s Southern Conference champion football program has 14 players who have started, at least by recent calculations. Players who have started are not the same as returning starters. Duplicating the 10-3 records of the …
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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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Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and money
By MONTE DUTTON (Caleb Gilbert photo) Click here. I’ve mentioned it before, but among baseball’s many virtues is the incidence of the unexpected. I’ve seen a zillion games and listened to a bajillion. That’s not even counting the softball. Technology multiplies. On Sunday night, I was surfing three college games, one major-league, the end of …
Nightrider's Lament 