Clinton, South Carolina, Sunday, February 25, 2018, 11:17 a.m. For twenty years, while I was writing about NASCAR, I didn't see a lot of women's basketball. Many times, people said to me, "You'd be amazed at how much better it is," and I'd say, "Well, probably so," without much commitment to delving into the matter. …
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The Penultimate Skirmish in a Great Crusade
Clinton, South Carolina, Friday, February 23, 2018, 9:35 a.m. The Laurens Academy girls' basketball team reminds me of my Honda Accord. Both wear blue and are approximately the same age. The Lady Crusaders have made three successful round trips to Sumter. The Honda has made two, with a side trip to Camden, on a single …
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A Day and Night of Mixed Results
Clinton, South Carolina, Saturday, February 17, 2018, 11:13 a.m. Friday was a day of extremes. It was a day of the anticlimactic and the climactic, the decisive and the indecisive, and the relaxed and the nerve-wracking. Let me explain. By coincidence, the girls' basketball team of Laurens Academy, seeded No. 1 in SCISA (South Carolina …
Nightrider's Lament 