I do root for the home team, my Washington Nationals, as National League teams go, and I’ll admit I was a bit skeptical about the move to get Jonathan Papelbon as the team’s new closer. Locker room dynamics? Storen moving … Continue reading
The PGA Tour comes to my hometown this weekend (sort of), as Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, plays host to the Quicken Loans National. The tournament’s frontman is none other than Eldrick “Tiger” Woods. Those of you … Continue reading
Though I no longer think of 40 as being “old,” let’s face it, it’s up there for a professional athlete. Alex Rodriguez, the man who has lived no ordinary life and led no ordinary career, turns 40 today, and is … Continue reading
http://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/local/2015/07/22/libous-guilty/30531301/ Few headlines over the years have made me as gleefully happy as the one I woke up to yesterday morning: Libous guilty. And in full: Sen. Tom Libous to be removed from office after guilty verdict. I’ve told you … Continue reading
There’s a monstrously large construction site about half a mile from my house (pictured above), featuring cranes and trucks and jacks and hard hats and all the usual trappings of development. The thing is, I have no idea what it … Continue reading
I figure most Donald Trump-types are good for about 15 minutes of fame following the announcements of their presidential bids. You make a splash, the media fawns, then you get out of the pool. But Donald Trump himself in 2015? … Continue reading
One of the things I’m most looking forward to this summer is an upcoming show I have at the Goodwill Theatre in Johnson City, mere minutes from where I grew up. On Monday, August 17, I’ll be joined by Dan … Continue reading
Hate to say I told you so… Wait a minute, I love to say I told you so, and here it is again. Baseball’s all-star game? Knocked it out of the park. Seriously, was that not the best Home Run Derby … Continue reading
As a Republican and a libertarian I’m used to defending unpopular views. I never thought I’d have to do so for our national pastime’s “Mid-Summer Classic.” It seems I can’t open a newspaper or turn on any device these days … Continue reading
The other night I watched a documentary that had been in my Netflix queue since 2013: Smiling Through the Apocalypse. Alternately subtitled “Esquire in the ’60s” and “How Howard Hayes rocked journalism,” the film highlights Esquire magazine during the 1960s … Continue reading