Sports Columns

Cats' win solidifies demise of NCAA (04/04/12)
As the final buzzer sounded in Monday's NCAA championship, the sounds of victory rang all throughout Lexington. But that sound of victory echoed throughout the nation sounded much more like the agonizing death of a once beloved sport. That's right. John Calipari's squad has ultimately secured the death of what was a beloved sport...

Next step for Peyton? (03/09/12)
Flash back two years. Brett Favre was dancing around center stage of all the media coverage, toying with everybody as to whether or not he would return to the NFL. After three "retirements" he finally hung it up, but only after an injury plagued his final season in Minnesota...

Mill Creek is worth a trip (03/08/12)
I wish I could say Mill Creek gained its national notoriety from being a "jet setter" destination. Unfortunately, Mill Creek gained national attention in May 2010 as it was the first Metro Nashville river to come out of its banks during the massive floods of 2010. Mill Creek runs through Nolensville and south Nashville, where it then empties into the Cumberland River...

America's pasttime is back (03/04/12)
It's already here. That special time of the year when players take to the diamond in America's pasttime. It's already started for middle school teams in the area. Just the other night I sat in the crisp, cool night air, camera and bag of barbecue sunflower seeds in tow, and settled in for a the Cascade Middle season opener...

Daytona, Twitter and the Great Inferno (03/01/12)
It's been a few days for us to digest the aftermath of the weirdest and strangest Daytona 500 in the history of NASCAR--if not the weirdest NASCAR race in general. What started as a rain delay on Sunday led to a 24 hour postponement and another delay until 7 p.m. on Monday night...

Sometimes keeping it simple is best way (03/01/12)
To think that not so many years ago we used whatever shotgun we had and some #4 shells to hunt turkeys is amazing. Today we have a plethora of choices in camo, guns, shells, calls, and decoys. This week I went to Bass Pro Shops and felt lost in the myriad of equipment available to the "modern" turkey hunter...

Daytona signals start of NASCAR season (02/24/12)
"Boogity, Boogity, Boogity! Let's go racin' boys!" The most famous words in NASCAR are about to be bellowed out once more, signaling the start of a new season. The new season officially kicks off on Sunday with the running of the sport's most recognized race on the sport's most recognized track -- the Daytona 500...

Turkey blinds open new fields to hunters (02/23/12)
Turkey season is just around the corner. Just this morning I saw a flock of big Toms doing a little preseason posturing. They just happened to be in the middle of a very open area and most hunters would have deemed them unapproachable birds. While in the traditional sense that might be a true statement, in today's world of modern hunting that might not be true...

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