"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)
(Furman photo) Click here. Have you noticed that height has been replaced by length in the lexicon of basketball broadcasters? Players began positioning themselves at the elbows of the lane. The broadcasters are always developing new wrinkles. Writers, too, I suppose, but since we make use of a backspace button, it diversifies language a bit. …
Continue reading Furmanology: Paladins suffer softball sweep but success abounds elsewhere
J.P. Pegues scans the lane. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. It’s ironic that as Furman rebuilds its arena, it is going to be rebuilding its men’s basketball team. It’s remarkable how well Bob Richey has managed to keep his teams together. Maybe this is the year the law of averages catch up. Kids from Christy …
J.P. Pegues was first-team All-SoCon and the 2023 conference tournament MVP. (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Furman is unlikely to be picked first in the Southern Conference’s next preseason men’s basketball poll. The Paladins’ first, second, third and fifth leading scorers have entered the NCAA transfer protocol. The four – J.P. Pegues, Marcus Foster, Alex …
(Furman photo) Click here. I heard a comic say, when the March Madness is over (in April), people can go back to doing work in their offices. Those lines have always been blurred for yours truly. My trade is translating sports into English. I write what I see and what people say. What separates being …
(Furman graphic) Click here. I’m confident I was among the first 10,000 to notice the common thread in the past two coaches to defeat the University of Virginia in the NCAAs. Nothing against the Cavs. It wasn’t personal. Did it strike you as odd that six teams from the Mountain West made the field, all …
Clark Akers (Furman photo) Click here. Furman is hustling and bustling as best it can without a baseball team. That’s old news, of course, but hope springs. The longest shot of the month is in Clinton, where the Presbyterian College women’s basketball team won the Big South tournament and is now preparing for an NCAA …
Continue reading Furmanology: Baseball gone, basketball over
By MONTE DUTTON Eels hover above Paris Mountain. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I thought well, gee whiz, why not just start the season? Saturday was the first one in the autumn when it’s not too hot. Except it was March 16. Fluffy clouds slowly crossed the sky, northeast, as if they constituted an armed …
Colton Hinton (Furman photo) Click here. I’m excited to see what the Paladins are cooking up. Many news slots have come open from last fall’s 10-3 season and a last-second loss in the FCS third round. To wit: Kickoff for the Purple-White spring game is set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Paladin Stadium The game, …
Continue reading Furmanology: Rare outbreaks of football are okay in spring
Laurens Academy's Olivia Huck (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. When I get up in the morning, brew some coffee while I’m taking some meds, turn on the TV and see what awful happened last night, my set (remember when a TV was a set?) recommends what I want to see. Then I commence translating sports …
Chloe Fabio (Furman photo) Click here. Basketball is over, and baseball, for now, is extinct, but Furman’s athletics program remains busy. It took a couple games, but Furman ended Gardner-Webb’s 11-game softball winning streak at Pepsi Stadium. The Bulldogs won the opener, 8-5, in 11 innings, and the Paladins bounced back to capture the nightcap, …
Continue reading Furmanology: Softball splits with Gardner-Webb
Nightrider's Lament 