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Former American Press sportswriter Carl Dubois blogs about the games people play, in and out of sports, and the people you meet between and outside the lines. Carl is an award-winning reporter and columnist based in Baton Rouge. He is associate editor of Tiger Rag magazine. |
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Do you, or don’t you?
BATON ROUGE — So, you’re on the phone with someone, and that person is giving you a phone number. Maybe it’s the person’s cell number, or the number of a friend.
Maybe it’s the What Kind of Hair Day is Mel Kiper Jr. Having hotline. Maybe it’s the number to hear the weather in Grady, South [...]
Back on the beat
BATON ROUGE — Fourteen months after leaving the world of daily newspaper work to free-lance and pursue other options, I’m back on a regular schedule. This week I became associate editor of Tiger Rag, a magazine (with companion Web site) that covers LSU sports.
I don’t plan to stop visiting with you here occasionally. Hope you [...]
Moon in a light blue sky
That was my reward for leaving the house early yesterday: a breathtaking view of the moon fairly high in an already blue morning sky.
I wish I had the photographic skills to be able to show it to you. Maybe if you’re up early today, we’ll both get to see a new one.
It’s about time
BATON ROUGE — Were you early for church today? Does something just not seem right?
Check the time on your cell phone and compare it with the time on watches, computers, car radios and such. Chances are, the early time is the correct one.
Standard time returned at 2 a.m.
Fall back, remember?
If you have a notion to [...]
Oh, when the Saints …
BATON ROUGE — You know where I’m going with that headline. It’s not where the song’s lyrics go.
Like all long-suffering fans of the New Orleans franchise in the NFL, I’m waiting for something to go wrong. Oh, when the Saints come crashing down to Earth.
So, that’s why I haven’t changed the side-saddle I use for [...]
Dishpan hands holding a football? Oh my!
BATON ROUGE — Not long ago I was in Lake Charles doing research at the library, looking at old copies of the American Press on microfilm. One of the most enjoyable aspects of such research is seeing ads, the prices of goods and services many years ago, and the way people talked — and wrote, [...]
Perhaps we should call it semi-retirement
BATON ROUGE — LSU will ceremoniously retire the No. 37 jersey of Tommy Casanova, the only three-time All-America football player in the school’s history, Saturday in Tiger Stadium.
Casanova’s jersey was retired in May, as you will see if you click on this link, but away from any crowds and fanfare. With No. 1-ranked Florida playing [...]
Looks like an OK Corral to me
I have a new neighbor here at my virtual blog cabin. Alex Hickey, who covers McNeese for the American Press, has joined the fold. You can find his blog here and on the home page of the Web site.
I look forward to reading his stuff. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it too.
Howdy, neighbor, and welcome.
Cue-pon or coo-pon?
BATON ROUGE — How do you say it? I say it like it’s spelled: coupon.
But today I’m surrounded by the Cue-pon People.
(OK, I’m waiting for someone to reply that they say it as … “it.” But I sort of stole their thunder with this pre-emptive strike, didn’t I?)
Wait, there’s no foot in football?
BATON ROUGE — Something in the Sept. 21 issue of Sports Illustrated caught my eye. If you haven’t seen it, check out this story about a high school football coach who’s stopped punting and instead goes for it on fourth down — all the time.
I don’t have much to add, except to say this is [...]
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