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(The great Roy Oswalt of Weir, one of the best pitchers of his generation, announced his retirement today. This is what I wrote of him on June 26, 2011, when he had suffered the back injury that was the beginning of the end of his splendid career.) Roy Oswalt, one of the most accomplished pitchers […]
Baseball Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr and Mississippi and Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer Boo Ferriss, teammates for life, form a two-man mutual admiration society. They have much to admire. Doerr, 95, and Ferriss, 92, are the two living members of the 1946 Boston Red Sox American League champions, who finished 104-50, finishing 12 […]
JACKSON — Football justice was served Super Bowl weekend when Ray Guy, the greatest punter in history and one of the most versatile athletes Mississippi has seen, was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Finally. Now, we’ve got other Magnolia State fish to fry where the Pro Football Hall of Fame is concerned. […]
My annual disclaimer on National Signing Day…. Long-time readers know of my general distaste for recruiting rankings and the monstrous hype of the process leading up to national signing day. Commitments are celebrated like winning lottery tickets, and commitments, after all, are only promises, and promises are broken all the time. That is especially true […]
This is the obibutary I wrote of Bill Goodrich in 1999: Bill Goodrich, the colorful sports announcer who made “whew-hoo mercy” household words in Mississippi, died Wednesday of heart failure at St. Dominic’s Hospital. He was 84. Goodrich used that trademark exclamation to describe home runs for the old Jackson Senators and touchdowns for the […]
So, it’s Super Bowl Sunday, who you got? I got barbecue ribs fixin’ to go on for a slow smoke. I have libations. I got a high def TV. I have friends and family coming to watch. As always, we have Mississippi connections on both teams. The way I got it figured, I can’t lose. […]
This will be the 48th Super Bowl. I’ve watched all 47, 29 in person, 27 as a working journalist. People often assume the NFL’s showcase game would be the ultimate assignment for a sports scribe. Not so — at least not for this one, mainly because everything about the Super Bowl is so dreadfully overblown, […]
(Ray Guy just texted friends that he has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.) I’ve read many versions of what qualifies one for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The one that makes the most sense is asking this question about the candidate: Can you you tell the history of pro football […]
