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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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Good holiday memories back home
No Baton Rouge dateline on this entry. This one’s local.
Went to see Barbe play Friday night in the state quarterfinals, and the home team’s 48-14 victory against Thibodaux was another reminder of how fun it can be to watch a Jimmy Shaver team play football.
The attention to detail of Jimmy, his coaching staff and his [...]
Happy Thanksgiving
BATON ROUGE — Best wishes to you and yours for a safe and happy holiday.
Enjoy “Thanksgiving” by George Winston. The YouTube link in blue in the previous sentence is the easiest way for me to put the song in your home, so I hope it works for you.
Have a great day.
Alumni news
BATON ROUGE — The Capital City chapter of American Press alumni is growing.
The cat is out of the bag, so there’s no harm in me telling you: Gary Laney, former McNeese State beat writer and columnist for the American Press, will join the sports department at The Advocate in Baton Rouge and cover LSU men’s [...]
If you’re happy and you know it, read your paper (clap, clap)
BATON ROUGE — Interesting opening to a story Wednesday in The New York Times:
Happy people spend a lot of time socializing, going to church and reading newspapers – but they don’t spend a lot of time watching television, a new study finds.
That’s what unhappy people do.
Reading newspapers? I thought that was sooo 20th century.
But anyway [...]
Kicking the Bucket
BATON ROUGE — You may have read this week the displeasure Scooter Hobbs takes in the inauguration of the Magnolia Bowl, henceforth to be symbolic of victory in Ole Miss-LSU football games.
This section of the column by Scooter — a former colleague and boss of mine — particularly grabbed me as he noted the inspiration [...]
The Producers
BATON ROUGE — If you watch sports on television, and I suspect you do, you’ve probably seen these commercials about financial services that “guarantee your income with products” from (insert company name here).
A fan and student of word usage finds the phrase interesting.
For me (and, I’d wager, most Americans) the words “product” and “products” conjure [...]
Way to go, Joe
BATON ROUGE — You’re way ahead of me on this one. You knew Joe Dumars finally earned and received his degree from McNeese this year.
Still, you may not have seen this take from Adrian Wojnarowski on the subject.
One of my favorite parts:
Perhaps it’s no coincidence that this has been the year when Dumars had never [...]
Alabama at LSU
BATON ROUGE — So, they burned Nick Saban in effigy last night at a bonfire conceived and promoted by a student apartment complex near LSU’s campus. A costumed Mike the Tiger lit the dummy, so to speak.
Perhaps you’ve heard revenge is a dish best served cold, but Opposing Coach Flambe’ apparently has a place on [...]
Run, Lindsay!
BATON ROUGE — I’ll be watching at 2:30 when Florida plays Georgia. Will you?
Before the season I picked Florida to win the SEC East, with the punctuation mark to come today, and I’ll stand by that pick as kickoff draws near. With a whole year to remember Georgia’s intentional celebration penalty from last year’s game, [...]
A quick note or five about the Phillies
BATON ROUGE — You know the Philadelphia Phillies won the World Series. You may not know all of the Louisiana connections on the team. Heck, I discover a new one seemingly every day.
There’s Clay Condrey, a former McNeese State pitcher who is called underappreciated in this column by Jim Salisbury of the Philadelphia Inquirer. I [...]
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