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Yankee Doodles : Hernandez passed the basketball torch to Hines
You could almost sense coach Darius Fuller struggling with his emotions. On the one hand, his R-S Central girls’ basketball coach had just watched one of his players etch her name in Rutherford Co...
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Wisdom on Wheels: Learning that soccer is a really good sport
I have a confession to make. I am a soccer fan. Yes, contrary to popular opinion, you can enjoy baseball, apple pie and Chevrolet, along with the beautiful game.
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Yankee Doodles: Losing coaches find positives
On the one hand, Larry Ross was disappointed.
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Off the Wall: "TIMMY!" The bandwagon keeps growing
Okay, there is the ‘t’ key ... and that one is the ‘e.’ Oh, sorry — been awhile. Just trying to get the dust off of this keyboard.
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Yankee Doodles: It’s all in how you say things
Just four days into the year 2012, sports fans across the country were entertained by two quotes that shed comic relief to a pair or unforeseen outcomes.
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Dark Horses: Watkins proves he belongs
Somewhere Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney is smiling like Christmas just came a little early.
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Big South Notebook
CC’s Ellis gets 700th career win
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Off the Wall: It could be worse; somehow
This past summer, a sweaty, red-faced Rio came running in from outside and threw herself up onto the sofa next to my wife, Emily.
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Dark Horse: Don’t let yourself be fooled: There is no curse; just football
It’d be easy to say that Chase’s futile history against Shelby — at least in part — somehow controls the Trojans’ fate.
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Off the Wall: I might get the steak; Hicks may get the last laugh
Former East Rutherford High School principal Connie Mack Hamrick stepped to the plate.
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Yankee Doodles: Soccer now enters its second season
High school coaches have an unwritten rule. They always list two goals on their preseason wish lists — to see their teams improve with each and every game and to qualify for postseason play.
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Off the Wall: Two teams teach, learn in one game
A month of misery in the press box lead to my funk.
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Off the Wall: Did the joy ever return to Mudville?
This is one of those columns I never wanted to write. One that I hoped I’d never have to write.
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Off the Wall: You just never know what will happen
As the windows rattled and my chair shook beneath me during Tuesday’s earthquake, I tried to think of what in the world might happen next here in Rutherford County.
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Off the Wall: The return of Mr. Friday Night
Throughout the long history of radio there have been some incredible duos — Abbott and Costello, John Boy and Billy and ... well, okay, I’m out of names.
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