Still Out ThereDETAILS ARE STILL HAZY this many years later, but vague outlines remain. It was sometime in the mid-1950s when a friend of my parents was…Jul 12, 2021Jul 12, 2021
COVID’s Life LessonsIN THE CLOSING MINUTES of the NCAA lacrosse championship game between Virginia and Maryland on Memorial Day, emotions were running so high…Jun 9, 2021Jun 9, 2021
20*0The asterisk is a humble punctuation mark. Unlike the period, it doesn’t stop anything. Unlike the comma, it doesn’t even slow things down…Jan 17, 2021Jan 17, 2021
Get in Line and Roll Up Your SleevesAs I watched videos of the first COVID-19 vaccine being administered throughout the country this month, I remembered the moment, 65 years…Dec 21, 2020Dec 21, 2020
Remembering Roberto Every DayAll these decades later, the memory is clear as day. We’re sitting in right field at Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field. We are just to the right…Sep 9, 2020Sep 9, 2020
Hypochondria, Anyone?For us practicing hypochondriacs, this has an especially stressful year.Sep 7, 2020Sep 7, 2020
Can HBCU Sports Make a Comeback?When John Merritt, the late Tennessee State University football coach, addressed the Nashville Chamber of Commerce weekly luncheon one day…Jul 28, 20201Jul 28, 20201