Football is in the air. Well, at least talk about football. The ACC staged its annual Football Kickoff over a long weekend. For a couple of days, attempts were made to ignore, or at least minimize, the ominous storm clouds that are gathering around league football and paint smiley faces over the whole operation. They [...]

The calendar informs us that there are a little less than 8 weeks remaining in this year’s Dead Zone. In about a month, pre-season practice will begin and a few weeks after that, we will again have football. Signs are starting to pop up. In the rush from the sports desk of the good old [...]

The following is historical fact unless it is not. The United States again celebrates Independence Day, July 4th. This day, in 1776, the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence, declaring their freedom from England and the establishment of a new nation based on liberty. The author of that Declaration was Thomas Jefferson, who was [...]