By MONTE DUTTON Camden Finley connects. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The latest of life’s ironies occurred to me Thursday morning as I augmented, updated, corrected and reposted Wednesday’s crop. NIL (name, image and likeness) provides college athletes monetary compensation, yet the world “nil” means nothing. Thus could the athlete at an unmonied institution say, …
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County Signs: Raiders enjoy Coker cola in ninth
By MONTE DUTTON Coleman Coker drove in the winning run. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I was up until the wee hours, which are not that wee for me, failing to get Tuesday night’s results posted. Folks have more wi-fi than wife problems nowadays. Oh, wait. I don’t have a wife. It could be that …
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County Signs: A mostly bleak night on the diamonds
By MONTE DUTTON Zane McLendon has that sinking feeling. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. A Furman release revealed that the Paladins have signed two “rising juniors.” I thought, Thank God, they aren’t falling juniors. Yes, I know, “rising” refers to someone in the next class. It’s spring, and those two promising athletes are sophomores now, …
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County Signs: Raiders conquer Northwestern territory
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Without question, a fine Laurens baseball team is the prime mover here, but as I drove to LDHS on Monday, it occurred to me that the Raiders have won every game I’ve attended to date. The biggest factor is that Laurens (21-6) has won most of its …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: PC still in thick of baseball hunt
By MONTE DUTTON Jack Gorman (1) congratulates Eli Lazio after a Saturday home run. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. On Sunday night, I watched my favorite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, play for the first time this season. Anyone who picked the Red Sox, who have won more World Series than anyone else in …
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Furmanology: Paladins’ young men go west
By MONTE DUTTON Jacob Johanning (Furman photo) Click here. Uniforms used to be so much easier to understand. I thought about this when I was watching the Philadelphia 76ers play the New York Knicks, and both team were wearing uniforms I really liked, only the Knicks were wearing white and the Sixers were wearing blue, …
Blue Hose Blurbs: Spartans even series with 5-3 win
By MONTE DUTTON Eli Lazio just speared a pop off his shoestrings. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I don’t know anything about new Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales – I only recently learned what he looks like – but I’ve noticed from his remarks on the NFL draft that he is a major-league “you-knower.” …
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County Signs: Old home night in the valley
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. It’s hard to beat fun at the old ballpark. Somehow, in addition to snapping over 300 photos – deleted about 200, used 15 or so, saved the rest for future use – I managed to engage in friendly conversations with friends and foes alike. Furman assistant football …
County Signs: Tennis teams triumph
By MONTE DUTTON Nathan Meade (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I never thought I’d read books on my phone. Or watch sports called cornhole and pickleball on TV. Then again, I never thought I’d hear of a fellow named David Pecker, though I have to admit it’s an apt name for the guy who ran …
Furmanology: Follow the bouncing ball
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. The lingo of basketball constantly changes. It’s as if coaches go off to clinics and camps and come back speaking a whole new language. This has been going on for decades. It's almost as fast as technology. Every time a fellow feels like he's caught up, everything …
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