Before jetting West, there was one other thing Shannon Smith and I had to do: catch up with our old pal Chris Daughtry. For weeks we’d been trying to rendezvous with the hometown hero, but February Sweeps and a rock star’s schedule kept pushing it back…

Much has been written about the passing of Rich Brenner and deservedly so. In his time on this planet, he defended freedom, inspired excellence and cut great swaths through mundanity. Most folks knew him as the consummate sportscaster, a commanding pre…

Much has been written about the passing of Rich Brenner and deservedly so. In his time on this planet, he defended freedom, inspired excellence and cut great swaths through mundanity. Most folks knew him as the consummate sportscaster, a commanding pre…

Rain, pestilence, blowed-up jet dryer trucks … it was a seriously weird Daytona 500. Then again, when is a three hour high speed traffic jam NOT weird? Don’t answer that; it was strictly rhetorical. Besides, any time I have questions about stock car …

Rain, pestilence, blowed-up jet dryer trucks … it was a seriously weird Daytona 500. Then again, when is a three hour high speed traffic jam NOT weird? Don’t answer that; it was strictly rhetorical. Besides, any time I have questions about stock car …

Is it just every shop I’VE worked at, or does a hard rain turn YOUR house cats into Chicken Little? It’s like the fine folk who work inside TV stations have simply never witnessed precipitation. That, or they really enjoy thrusting  a co-worker in…

Is it just every shop I’VE worked at, or does a hard rain turn YOUR house cats into Chicken Little? It’s like the fine folk who work inside TV stations have simply never witnessed precipitation. That, or they really enjoy thrusting  a co-worker in…