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Category: columns
SIDELINE OBSERVATIONS: Football season calls
Friday night, I embark on my 14th season of covering high school football in Okaloosa County. Twenty-nine years ago, I began as a sports writer, stringing for the old Gulf Breeze Sentinel. Thirty-nin…
FROM THE PULPIT: A lesson from Ferguson — pray about it
I am pretty naïve. I don’t always have a grasp on the larger picture of what is taking place in society, various subcultures' hurts or frustration from various prejudices.
SIDELINE OBSERVATIONS: Gender equality goes both ways
I’ve always had mixed feelings about Title IX, which mandates female student-athletes be given the same opportunities to compete as their male counterparts.
FROM THE PULPIT: God's mercy takes many forms
It's been said that anyone who has encountered God's mercy, who has been caressed by its tenderness, is happy and comfortable with the Lord.
SIDELINE OBSERVATIONS: SEC Network to showcase the best in college sports
For those of us born in the Deep South and raised on Southeastern Conference sports, nothing is better than SEC. And the only thing that could be better than SEC sports is more SEC sports.
FROM THE PULPIT: Live with your integrity intact
Have you ever had to write letters of recommendation for someone?
SIDELINE OBSERVATIONS: A high school football guy life
It’s hard to believe I’m old enough to have experienced things more than 40 years ago. But the calendar doesn’t lie, and time has a way of marching on with the years cascading by like a mountain wate…
Don't play the blame game
Is it just me, or does it seem like more and more people are refusing to accept responsibility for their actions?
SIDELINE OBSERVATIONS: Football players need tackling practice
The California state legislature passed a bill last week limiting high school football teams to three hours a week of seasonal tackling practice. The law — which allows for two 90-minute sessions per…