Hurricane Blues
I'm going through a serious case of Friday night football withdrawl. I've been covering high school football for so long that even after the season I have a hard time getting to sleep before 4 a.m. on Saturday morning. The ...

It's Back
High school football is back. Friday nights in Texas during football season are special. Driving to the game, eating out, seeing the stadium lights are unique experiences. I'll be heading to Cuero on Friday night for the Beeville-Cuero game. It ...

Making a Pitch
The Texas Rangers have got to be making Nolan Ryan's life miserable. All the Hall of Famer, who is now the Rangers president, can do is watch as his pitching staff continues to self-destruct. The Rangers were torched for 19 ...

Troubling Hoax
A University of Texas employee has admitted posting a bogus newspaper story on a Internet message board saying two University of Oklahoma quarterbacks had been arrested on drug charges. The employee, who said he is a Nebraska fan, wrote and posted ...

Saying Farewell
.I lost a good friend and Victoria lost a special person last week. Helen Stockton passed away at the age of 90 on Thursday, I was priviliged to serve as a pallbearer in her funeral on Sunday. I used to swim ...

A special treat
If you happen to see a member of Jerheme Urban's family, be sure and say thank you. Urban attended high school at Stroman went on to play college football at Trinity University in San Antonio and is now playing wide ...

Hard to take
As a long-time Los Angeles Lakers fan, Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night was painful to watch. There's no doubt Boston had the better team and deserved to win the series, but the Lakers' performance was one ...

Learning Experience for Gobblers
 Cuero coach Scott Holder asked his team how it felt after its 13-9 loss to Medina Velley in Game 1 of their best-of-three Class 3A regional semifinal baseball playoff series.   We won't print the exact response, but it was not a ...

Painful reminder
I learned long ago that minor surgery is someone else having surgery. I was reminded again just over a week ago when I underwent hernia surgery for the second time. I also discovered what a difference age makes. I remember ...

A winnable game
The Memorial boys haven't won a basketball playoff game since advancing to the state tournament in 2004. The Vipers have lost three straight times in the Class 5A bi-district playoffs. The Vipers have a chance to break that streak when ...