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August 14

Dog gone it

I probably have enough stories from covering three Olympics to cover a couple of chapters in my memoirs. One that will forever stick in my mind was the night in 1988 that Bill Benner, then with the Indianapolis Star, and a few other guys went to dinner. It was my first time to visit the […]

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Pike’s Peak

In a few weeks there will be one of the most grueling and unique events in the country, the Pike’s Peak Marathon. It is like a forced march from Manitou Springs Colo., up Pike’s Peak Mountain to an elevation of 14,110 feet. The marathon is on Sunday, but on Saturday they have the ascent race […]

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Bo Hop

It was almost six years ago when Jermain Taylor won his first middleweight championship title. He had to have one judge in the 12th round for the victory and that’s exactly what he got. I’ll never forget that night. What I’ll also never forget was going to a media-only workout of Bernard Hopkins. I was […]

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Bull riding

Reading and then watching the video of Chad Ochocinco, wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, attempt to ride a bull brought back a very strong memory. It was the early 1980s and the late John Robert Starr was the managing editor/columnist of the Arkansas Democrat (long before the newspaper war ended) and he was very […]

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A friend remembered

Last Saturday morning, St. James Methodist Church on Pleasant Valley Drive was packed. Long before the doors closed on the main auditorium the balcony was getting full. That was not a surprise — Melinda Gilbert Walls was that liked and respected. When she ran for judge I went to vote early and there she was […]

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Second Derby

My second Kentucky Derby was 1983 and that time was because Sunny’s Halo had won the Rebel Stakes and the Arkansas Derby and was the second favorite to win the run for the roses. The entry of Slew O’ Gold and Balboa Native were favored as an entry, but only by a  nickel on the […]

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