Bill Anderson … in my dreams

By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Bill Anderson is one of the great songwriters in country-music history. I dreamed I had a conversation with “Whispering Bill” last night. Back in the NASCAR days, I bumped into well-known figures – Michael Jordan, John Prine, Dick Riley, Dick Vitale, Jay Bilas, Barney Frank – at airports. This is …

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Good times, great oldies, the Devils and the deep blue sea

By MONTE DUTTON Keith Richardson won six state championships and 239 games as Clinton head coach (photo courtesy John Clayton). Click here. Many times I have expressed the opinion that my life is seldom mediocre. Either everything goes right, or everything goes wrong. That’s not the way life is. It’s just the way it seems. …

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Close Games Are Exciting, but the Occasional Blowout Is Fun for the Home Fans, too

Clinton, South Carolina, Saturday, January 27, 2018, 10:12 a.m. The Red Devils are rallying. Last night many former players and coaches converged on the local gym to watch Clinton swamp Mid-Carolina in both boys’ and girls’ basketball. It wasn’t unexpected. It was a good night to play under the watchful gaze of players from as …

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