"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 Not exactly the same, but you get the idea. Click here. Another sign that life is getting back to normal was I ate again at Steamers for the first time since it reopened.An old-fashioned cheeseburger plate with onion rings. It hit the spot. I’ve been enjoying an approximation of that cheeseburger off …
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By MONTE DUTTON Click here. The election is in less than a week. That’s all I know. Or maybe I know too much. At this point, the only surprise is that there aren’t commercials with ex-candidates offering deals on how to bet. Take the under on Trump in Massachusetts. Crapshoot! Dot.com. (Disclaimer: I made that …
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By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I was at a football game on Friday night. I watched on TV all day and well into the night on Saturday and Sunday. The most common part of all the games was holding. And other assorted infractions. The best quotation came from Clinton High School head coach Corey Fountain, …
Nick Anderson (Furman photo) Click here. Auburn is ranked 11th in the country entering men’s basketball season. The Tigers’ 83-62 victory over Furman was no surprise. It was, however, a charity exhibition at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on Sunday afternoon, so it didn’t matter much. J.P. Pegues returned. That mattered. In 11 first-half minutes, he …
Tyler Huff as a Paladin (Furman photo) Click here. Amidst an otherwise dreary Furman fall, it’s comforting to see Tyler Huff swashbuckling his way through Jacksonville State games on weeknights. Huff is doing for the Gamecocks what he did for the Paladins in a pair of 10-3 seasons at quarterback. The 6-1, 215 “mega senior” …
By MONTE DUTTON Moonlight through the pines (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. It’s seldom a good sign when someone answers a question by saying, “I just do.” Everyone has a right to say it. For instance, if you ask me why I dislike raw onions, I might say, “I just do.” Most issues, though, have …
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Two baseball memories for a Wednesday. I’ve got a lot of Furman baseball memories. Apparently, I’m not getting any more. Dum spiro spero. I was in San Diego, Calif., in the middle of Fernandomania. I saw Valenzuela pitch against the Padres at Jack Murphy Stadium. It was the wildest scene …
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(Furman photo) Click here. Apart from the homecoming massacre of ’24, the recent athletics events at Furman haven’t been half bad. Texas A&M edged the Paladins by two strokes in the 54th Furman Intercollegiate, setting a tournament record of 831, a shot better than Furman while winning last year. Wake Forest (-19) finished third in …
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By MONTE DUTTON Laurens Academy's Caleb Hardy digs for the end zone (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Oh. My. God. I have a friend who used to say that all the time. What a rotten weekend. It started slowly, if Friday counts. I went to see Laurens Academy play and enjoyed it. If I had …
PJay Smith scores against Mercer (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Senior PJay Smith Jr. made preseason All-Southern Conference, and the Furman men’s basketball team was picked to finish fifth in polling of the league’s 10 head coaches. Smith, a native of LaVergne, Tenn., averaged 10 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game while shooting …
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