"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)
(PC photo) Click here. On Friday night, I watched football, and in a way, it felt like spring practice for me, too. I started out at Clinton High School watching baseball, and when I got home from the Presbyterian College spring football game, I had two sets of photos to process, select and lay out. …
Continue reading Blue Hose Blurbs: Baseball pounds Winthrop … again
By MONTE DUTTON Brett Young was 3/3 at the top of the order. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Success was commonplace, but tension was hardly in the air. As a matter of fact, the riskiest aspect of my Friday was the decision to enjoy pregame carnitas at Fiesta Grande. Fortunately, Tex-Mex agreed with me, as …
3By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay photo) Click here. Maybe it’s the weight of all that pressure for all those years. Or an inability or unwillingness to cope with the ravages of time and injury. Tiger Woods looks unhappy. His expression seems set in a perpetual scowl. It’s tough to become accustomed to a view from the …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. A high-school baseball game can be a many splendored experience. I saw a no-hitter, an inspirational one, twirled by Laurens’ Asher Goss on Wednesday night. That’s just part of the pleasure, though. I sat for a while with a lifelong acquaintance who played for the Raiders at …
Continue reading County Signs: Nothing beats fun at the ballpark
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. In advance of Friday night’s spring scrimmage, things are looking up for Presbyterian College football in Steve Englehart’s third season as head coach. It’s a big sky. The Blue Hose went 1-10 amid the wreckage left in the wake of Kevin Kelley’s only season as head coach. …
Continue reading Blue Hose Blurbs: PC to play 12 football games
By MONTE DUTTON Asher Goss fired a no-hitter. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The best thing about the baseball game at Ed Prescott Field on Wednesday night wasn’t the hot dogs. They’re good. Not as good as the ones at Whiteford’s Drive-In or Steamers. Slaw is an available condiment at those two spots, but hot …
By MONTE DUTTON Carson Glenn was perfect in relief. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. This is how I’ve changed on social media. I let more go. For instance, just a minute ago, I read a post that expressed this view in the form of a question; “What grown man still eats peanut butter and jelly …
Continue reading County Signs: Red Devils quiet Cyclones, 3-1
By MONTE DUTTON Ryland Paxton (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. We had a partial eclipse. I knew something weird would happen, especially since it was my birthday. The approaching eclipse prevented my truck from starting in front of Sadler-Hughes Apothecary. Little Walt (Hughes) fetched his truck and jumped me off. I took it to Clinton …
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. Had Iowa won the women’s basketball championship on Sunday, Caitlin Clark might have been named a finalist to be Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate. She’s too young. It violates the Constitution. That doesn’t seem to stop anyone else these days. Iowa didn’t win the game Sunday. South …
Continue reading Furmanology: Mercer finishes of Dins in extras
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. I conducted some web research and have confirmed that Connecticut’s Donovan Clingan is not a Klingon, though, in fairness, I did find some disreputable site that claimed he was, as well as Purdue’s Zach Edey and N.C. State’s D.J. Burns. The Wolfpack had quite a run. I can’t …
Continue reading Furmanology: No baseball … but lacrosse wins
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