South Texas prodigies
I've had the opportunity to work on a few stories recently about young athletes, competing in a variety of sports: a 14-year-old in-line skater, 6- and 12-year-old gymnasts and soon 12- and 13-year old baseball players. All of them have ...

The rise and fall of the all-star game
It's official - I don't care about all-star games anymore. It was getting very close after the last NBA All-Star game. I used to enjoy the alley-oops and perpetual fastbreak that took place every year, but it's become too sloppy. ...

Tim Duncan's legacy - or how to lose track of 30 minutes at work
Someone mentioned a few weeks ago they thought Tim Duncan was one of the 10 greatest players in NBA history. Most of us in the sports section immediately disagreed (even some Spurs fans), but after we talked about it for ...

Officially home
I've been in Victoria since the beginning of March, and I've been at the Advocate for about as long. I've been living here, buying groceries, eating at the local restaurants and taking in movies at Cinemark. But this week, it ...

Victoria's 'weekend warriors'
On the Saturday before Easter, you could find a few dozen men running through drills at Patti Welder Stadium. If you're not familiar, that's the Victoria Red Rage, one of the newest members of the South Texas Amateur Football league. ...

National champions? Not exactly.
Last night, my Alma mater, Missouri State University, won the national championship. Sort of. Playing against Pacific in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, they beat the Tigers 78-65, and I barely noticed. I made sure to mention it to the rest of ...

The Texas sports adoption process
Some may think it's blasphemous to just choose new teams to root for. But that's what I set out to do when I moved to Texas a few weeks ago. It doesn't mean that I'm cutting off ties to the ...

College basketball tournament you don't care about
With the NCAA Tournament still a day away, there has been some coverage of the NIT. If nothing else, it's to get us even more excited for the "big dance" to get here. Once Thursday rolls around, hardly anyone will ...

Settling out west
I moved around a lot as a kid. I went to four elementary schools, and I lived in 13 houses before I turned 16. Still, it was all in Missouri and Illinois, so while I had a lot of different ...