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INSIDE SPORTS ON SUPER SUNDAY

February 13, 2022 by

To get inside sports, put yourself in a pair of football cleats and stand behind the center. Yell out a couple of “hut huts” and see what happens. What happens?

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DALLAS COWBOYS FANS LOSE WILD CARD WITH EXTRA HUSTLE

January 17, 2022 by

I’ve been a Dallas Cowboys fan since I first heard of the NFL. My Granddad in Dallas used to send University of Texas Football magazines as Christmas presents in the Sixties. He mixed in a few odd Cowboys programs to complete the gift. I saw the roster change from Eddie LeBaron to Don Meredith in […]

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SPORTS WRITING FOR THE WIN WITH HORSHACK

January 11, 2022 by

Sports writing is more than sports stories and sporty personalities. Sports betting is another story. Those guys care about sports and personalities, winning and losing, but care more about the point spread. We’ll stick to sports writing in regard to sports and personalities, about the underdogs, not the underbelly.

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COACH LANNING HEARS FROM OREGON FAMILY

December 15, 2021 by

Coach Lanning didn’t actually get a letter, the Oregon AD did. And that’s not the Oregon family he heard from, though the kid with arrow could be an in-state recruit. The letter to Athletic Director Mullens was signed by Oregon football legends from Joey Harrington to Justin Herbert, along with Marcus Mariota, Akili Smith, Royce […]

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BE SMART OR BE DEAD, BLUE BLOOD

December 13, 2021 by

“Be smart or be dead,” comes from a cop show I watch with my wife. It could be any cop show watched with any wife as long as Tom Selleck is in it. In a recent episode a retired cop stops some shady punk from robbing a cashier by pulling his gun, aiming it at […]

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SENIOR CLASS FOOTBALL: CHANGING OF THE GUARD

September 9, 2021 by

The senior class of 1973, way back when, came into a difficult football situation as sophomores. We’d spent freshman year pounding it out over all comers. We had size, speed, and some of us were still growing. You could say we had high hopes moving forward. Instead we got stuck. The high school coaching was […]

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BODY WEIGHT: A FAT MAN’S CONFESSION WITH NO SHAME

March 26, 2021 by

Body weight became an issue for me in 7th grade. And it wasn’t fat shaming. That came later. In seventh grade there was a football weight limit for playing in the backfield. One twenty if I remember right. What I remember very accurately is I weighed slightly more, like five pounds. Coach Peasley, a small […]

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SUPER BOWL TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR RELATIONSHIP

January 25, 2021 by

Super Bowl Sunday ought to be a national holiday. So should national voting day, national Election Day, but I’ll start with the more important day. I’ve seen the shampoo ad with football players talking about doing things 100%. Here’s the link to Head and Shoulders dandruff shampoo, but this is the important part: “I eat […]

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LOUD PEP TALK HIDDEN MESSAGE: YOU’RE A LOSER

August 26, 2020 by

A pep talk has a particular place and time. It’s not normal conversation, it’s communication on steroids. Listening to a pep talk gives two distinct reactions: Get hyped up, or tune out. A third response is understanding what all the noise is about. This is the one that takes special experiences. Like what, you ask?

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JUSTIN HERBERT HOPE: WILL THE NFL TRASH ANOTHER OREGON QB

April 18, 2020 by

Justin Herbert image via KCBY, Coos Bay, Oregon Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert joins a long green line of Duck signal callers headed to the NFL. How long a line? Who is in that line? Please proceed.

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