By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges On Saturday in the heat of the day, on one end of the K.C. Hanna turf, the Laurens Raiders got their chance to smile for the camera. Few took advantage. Football players prefer to look tough, as if they were imitating Ray Nitschke. No one smiles like Joe …
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Blue Hose to build back better
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants On the very week that Rob Acunto’s departure was announced (by Fresno State), I find myself suddenly upbeat about Presbyterian College’s football program. I wandered around at Friday morning’s opening practice, and the Blue Hose look better, bigger, faster, quicker, deeper and more motivated. I like the crack …
Too Tired to Tussle
Clinton, South Carolina, Sunday, November 22, 2020, 11:20 a.m. I haven’t been writing much lately. Let’s revise that. I haven’t been writing much outside the confines of my principal job, which is my website, LaurensCountySports.com. Why? The short answer is I haven’t had much to say. The election is over. Here in Laurens County, high …
Are the Good Times Really Over for Good?
Clinton, South Carolina, Tuesday, September 1, 2002, 8:36 a.m. Wow. It’s September. When will wonders cease? For the first time in my life, something has happened that is as bad as it could be. I’m grading on a curve. In absolute terms, the novel coronavirus COVID-19 – epidemic regionally, pandemic worldwide – could theoretically dwell …
Iceman Thawed
Clinton, South Carolina, Thursday, August 6, 2020, 1:34 p.m. I have “encountered” Kimi Raikkonen before. I was about 10 feet away for a media conference at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2011, when, away from Formula One, he tested the waters in a couple NASCAR races, one for trucks and the for what is now the …
Satire at Sunset
Clinton, South Carolina, Saturday, April 18, 2020, 8:37 a.m. Back when I traveled most of the country, writing about race cars that went ’round and ’round and the mostly white men who drove them, my favorite device was not a shock absorber but its literary equivalent, satire. Once -- it was in Dover, Delaware, I …
What Comes to Mind Today
Clinton, South Carolina, Thursday, April 9, 2020, 11:28 a.m. If the country is pulling together, you can’t prove it by Facebook. I’ll stop blaming President Twitter when he stops blaming everyone else. The best reason to watch replays of old sporting events is that at least it’s sports. The worst thing is that everyone knows …
The Age of Chicken Little
Clinton, South Carolina, Sunday, March 22, 2020, 9:16 a.m. Everywhere people say the sky is falling. Never mind that it is. Mostly, when my “land line” rings, it is either my mother or someone who wants my money. I hang up so often, one would in earlier times think me inconsiderate. My cell plays tricks, …
Bah to All the Humbugs
Clinton, South Carolina, Sunday, March 15, 2020, 1:24 p.m. Two weeks ago, I sent an email to every official I could think of around the county, asking what provisions were being made for the impending coronavirus spread. The great majority did not dignify my request with a reply. A few answered constructively. About the same …
Stormy Thursday
Clinton, South Carolina, Thursday, February 6, 2020, 1:18 p.m. Storms never last, do they, baby? Bad times all pass with the winds … Waylon Jennings had the perfect voice to sing those words. The storms of life keep washing me away. Ditto, Randy Travis. It’s rainin’, rainin’ in my heart. Damned if it hasn’t knocked …
Nightrider's Lament 