"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 (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. One gathering I miss when football ends is going every other Thursday to the Laurens County Touchdown Club. I almost always get there early. I get to almost everything early except bed. I like to mingle and interact. I’m the same way at ballgames. I chat with …
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Luke Clark (Furman photo) Click here. As in old westerns, Furman’s defense features bandits and spurs, though football bandits do not wear the latter. Leading the way at bandit is one of Furman’s tops defensive returnees, Luke Clark (6-3, 253, R-Sr.), who is coming off an impressive season that saw him register 53 tackles and …
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By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. It was a pleasant Monday afternoon as the Laurens Academy football team endeavored to become more agile, hostile and mobile. Seventeen cavorted about, blocking and tackling stuffed implements of various sizes, leaping, hurdling, stepping, sidestepping and generally trying to get up to wherever the snuff is. Up …
By MONTE DUTTON A Slawson slam (Elena Davidson photo) Click here. I’m looking forward to football. At the moment, I’m learning even more about Caitlin Clark. Nothing wrong with that. I’m a fan, and it’s hard to avoid because the Indiana Fever is on TV three times a week. Plus, what used to be called …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Wofford, from the Southern Conference, and High Point, of the Big South, each won baseball games in the NCAA regionals. Neither won another, but it’s damn good for a low major. The schools that play FCS football prefer to call themselves in other sports as “mid-major,” which …
Clinton, South Carolina, Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 1:05 p.m. The coronavirus blurs the lines between major and minor accomplishments. On Monday night, I finished the 22nd chapter of a novel. I’m closing in on the completion of the rough draft, but it’s not quite as rough because I’ve done a lot of retracing my steps …
It’s not just another Thursday. I’ve been writing for most of two days. Come to think of it, I’ve been writing all week. I’ve been writing all month. I’ve been writing my whole life. If I didn’t love writing, I’d be tired of it by now. On Monday and Tuesday, I wrote about sports. Two …
Nightrider's Lament 