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 …
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Once there was no raining in basketball
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants School was rained out Tuesday. Basketball games were rained out. They’re contested inside. This is an e-learning day, which I suppose anyone who e-learns could do by reading this. I’d humbly recommend John Steinbeck. They’ll e-learn more from the late great. The obvious choice for a basketball game …
Little things change a lot
By MONTE DUTTON Furman defense captures a would be Moc(kingbird). (Furman photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ The University of Saint Thomas is in Saint Paul. Charleston Southern University is in North Charleston. A student attends the University of North Carolina Charlotte, but an athlete plays for Charlotte alone, as is true of the University of Tennessee Chattanooga. The …
Hope the Young People Learn from This
Clinton, South Carolina, Thursday, September 10, 2020, 8:45 a.m. Here’s what I think about the wide, wide (and wild, wild) world of COVID-19 around us. Forgive the bias on account of my world is centered in sports. Thus do I want there to be sports. As much as I enjoy a rib-eye steak, I enjoy …
Are the Good Times Really Over for Good?
Clinton, South Carolina, Tuesday, September 1, 2002, 8:36 a.m. Wow. It’s September. When will wonders cease? For the first time in my life, something has happened that is as bad as it could be. I’m grading on a curve. In absolute terms, the novel coronavirus COVID-19 – epidemic regionally, pandemic worldwide – could theoretically dwell …
Life at a Safe Distance
Clinton, South Carolina, Friday, July 3, 2020, 11:19 a.m. This morning brought a bit of a break from the desolation of the Self-Quarantine Age. I had breakfast at the cafe on the square, and it didn’t seem like I was risking life and limb. I try to keep my trusty bandana handy, along with a …
You Just Can’t Beat Technology
Clinton, South Carolina, Thursday, June 25, 2020, 1:14 p.m. Technology. Can’t live with it. Can’t live without it. It is supposed to be our friend. In many cases, it isn’t. In the newspaper business, nearly 30 years ago I worked for a large metropolitan newspaper. When I was there, toiling on the desk, that paper …
Fifteen Yards for Piling On
Clinton, South Carolina, Thursday, June 4, 2020, 8:54 a.m. This morning I’ve been thinking about significant things I learned from obscure sources. For instance, my highly detailed views on various shades of color derive from very large boxes of Crayolas. “Well, it’s like navy blue, but I think it’s really closer to midnight.” Also, I …
At Least The World Is Turning Laps Again
Clinton, South Carolina, Thursday, May 21, 2020, 10:42 a.m. Mainly I have been writing about stock car racing. Mainly stock car racing is what is going on, whether at the dirt track in Laurens or the paved superspeedway in Darlington. The gates aren’t open, but the cars are going around and around. I’m sure there’s …
Dreeeaaaam, Dream, Dream, Dreeeaaaam …
Clinton, South Carolina, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 8:48 a.m. She was a level-headed dancer / On the road to alcohol / And I was just a soldier / On my way to Montreal … That I think a lot about John Prine songs is in part because he recently died, but it’s also because I …
Nightrider's Lament 