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Aiden Bragg is a 10-year-old boy, slight and bespectacled, who happens to enjoy hitting dimpled little balls around a golf course. Read more
Thursday, July 09, 2020
My father had four principal cliches. Read more
Tuesday, July 07, 2020
In the imagination of William Shakespeare, Mark Antony said of Julius Caesar, “I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.” Read more
Saturday, July 04, 2020
This morning I thought of John Hiatt. I was trying to think about sports in Laurens County. Read more
Thursday, July 02, 2020
It seems like an ironic time to celebrate independence, but we always have, and we always will. Read more
Wednesday, July 01, 2020
People do not know history anymore. Read more
Saturday, June 27, 2020
Everyone is so angry nowadays. Read more
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Born in Clarion, Pa., and raised in Newport News, Va., Aianna Kelly is firmly rooted in Laurens County now. Read more
Monday, June 22, 2020
I did not plan on writing another column this morning. Read more
Saturday, June 20, 2020
On Saturday morning, I got up, flipped on the TV and the first words I heard were those of MSNBC’s Katy Tur, who said… Read more
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
One of my favorite colleagues, at least during the time both of us were members of the gypsy troupe that covered stoc… Read more
Monday, June 08, 2020
At the end of a NASCAR race, in this strange time in which we live, the winning driver guns his engine, whirls the st… Read more
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Not that anyone would mistake what is going on as normal … Read more
Monday, May 25, 2020
It probably seems as if I have written an inordinate amount about NASCAR. Read more
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
The fastest sport is the first to return, and it’s possible by using some weird logic for that to make sense. Read more
Friday, May 15, 2020
I call coaches from time to time, just to see what, if anything, is going on. Read more
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Nothing these days comes without conditions. The times require sacrifice. For about two months, we have sacrificed sp… Read more
Thursday, May 07, 2020
First things first. What is a Dutch fork? A Dutch oven is a thick-walled cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid. More t… Read more
Tuesday, May 05, 2020
The sun was out in mid-March. Clinton High School was opening defense of its Class 3A Upstate championship in boys’ t… Read more
Thursday, April 30, 2020
It probably won’t be long until the ballfields are occupied. Little ballplayers will be circling the bases and runnin… Read more
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Oh, the humanity. Read more
Monday, April 20, 2020
The first college football game I covered as a journalist was a home game at Presbyterian College, located only 50 mi… Read more
Thursday, April 16, 2020
It’s already weird. Read more
Monday, April 06, 2020
When the sun comes up on that bright morn Read more
Thursday, April 02, 2020
To paraphrase the late Merle Haggard, no, it’s not racing, but it’s not bad. Read more
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