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For all Moms, on YOUR day

Mother’s Day weekend brings more than a last minute scramble to find something, anything, at Wal-Mart; frantic Saturday ...

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Calvin Peete: The gentleman hero

Calvin Peete passed away earlier this week. For those not familiar, Peete was the Tiger Woods of his ...

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The ‘color’ of the game is just fine

In a segment of HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” comedian Chris Rock describes himself as “an endangered ...

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Patrick balances on edge of greatness

We’re nearly a fifth of the way through the NASCAR Sprint Cup season. I haven’t looked at my ...

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He ain’t goin’ nowhere

There used to be this mobile home salesman who appeared in TV commercials in Wilmington, NC back in ...

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Was it a ‘smart’ move, Shaka?

Shaka Smart finally took a big-time college coaching job this week when he accepted the position at the ...

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Serena & Mo’ne: The right way

Stacia Brown’s column in the Washington Post last week reminded me of something we too often sweep under ...

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For V and Dean: This week’s for you

There are a couple of coaches up in basketball heaven – namely Dean E. Smith and Jim Valvano ...

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Man-up, when you say that, son

I wasn’t always a Curt Schilling fan. Somehow I always thought the bloody sock controversy from the Boston-vs-Yankees ...

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As Barry would say, “Let the music play”

My honored editor said when he hit the last “Export” key on his computer last weekend it marked ...

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It’s simple, people…. get checked

I don’t usually write about many of my personal life episodes here.  Mostly because I feel privileged to ...

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Jeff Gordon: ‘Wonder Boy’ no more

Back when I was a dues-paying member of the National Motorsports Press Association, I always loved attending the ...

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GM controls Panthers’ future success

I know this is Redskins & Cowboys country and I applaud the sometimes rabid enthusiasm these area fans ...

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Cool as the other side of the pillow

I lost two friends, and ironically, I lost them exactly one month apart. Stuart Scott you know about, ...

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Making resolutions too easy to break

Hello 2015. It’s now a new year and once again I find myself evaluating the options for those ...

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