"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 Alaura Sharp coached the PC women for six seasons. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Here’s where Presbyterian College basketball stands. Quinton Ferrell remains the men’s basketball coach, coming off the best of his five seasons. Though finishing with a 14-19 record, the Blue Hose played in the Ro College Basketball Invitational in …
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By MONTE DUTTON Beneath this placid exterior (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. When I was a freshman at Furman, when the Colts were still in Baltimore, the Paladins in Sirrine Stadium and Johnny Carson still on TV, I experienced the rites of passage that most young people face when they no longer have parental supervision. …
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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 …
Brett Young (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. A high percentage of people who attended a funeral and wrote about it mentioned the weather. For the record, it was drizzly and overcast at Fort Jackson National Military Cemetery when Jim McLaurin took his mortal bow. I saw no hidden meaning. The poet laureate of the working …
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By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay photo) Click here. I lost a buddy and a traveling companion when Jimmy Mac died on Friday the 15th, which must be bad luck in March this year, no doubt a result of Leap Year. I feared for his health in the back of my mind. Suppressed it, a shrink might …
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 …
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 …
By MONTE DUTTON Mike Bothwell, the man of a thousand expressions (Elena Davidson photo) Click here. It’s Saturday morning, and somehow it’s nearly 11, and I’ve been up since 8:30 after getting as much as I could on last night’s one-point loss to Gardner-Webb by Presbyterian and inserting more details. I updated it this morning. …
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By MONTE DUTTON Furman still has its eyes on the prize. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Furman could win the Ingles Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Championship. The Paladins could also exit in the quarterfinal round against Western Carolina at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, N.C. Furman (16-15, 10-8 SoCon) have …
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By MONTE DUTTON Furman took a hardfought, 65-62, victory over Western Carolina on Jan. 20. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The Furman Paladins have had their ups and downs, highs and lows, and wins and losses in an exciting, if erratic, ongoing defense of their Southern Conference championship in men’s basketball. Knock on wood. Or, at …
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