timhathcock.bsky.social
Reformed sportswriter, now semi-retired. Bama-born, Nevada-based. Also, apparently a lover of hyphenated words.
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Reacher is the most inane enjoyable diversion ever. I hope it runs for 15 seasons with each one trying to outdo the previous. I love it.
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Correction: tying touchdown came on game's final play on a Hail Mary.
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Actually, Jax State scored on a 49-yard pass with 6 seconds left, then promptly missed the extra point, forcing overtime. The Gamecocks won in OT, so all is well. Still unbeaten in conference play! 2/
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I'm too heartbroken to analyze plays right now.
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Seconded.
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Imagine thinking running this op-ed was a good idea, and on Independence Day, ffs.
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Yes, and it was just as bad as we have come to expect. I can't bring myself to post it here.
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This is akin to when Georgia and Alabama play each other in college football. I'm over here rooting for a scoreless tie with lots of head-buttin' at midfield.
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Growing up in Alabama, I would occasionally hear "chew-to-backy."
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When I was precisely one week old, a pastor from a church in my home state won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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No meteor but a scoreless tie would be nice.
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This may not be coincidence but today is Jason Isaacs' birthday.
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The aforementioned John H. Hatfield of Dunlap, Tennessee.
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Jim Hathcock, bottle of whiskey in one hand and cigar in the other, posing for a photo not long before he was killed. He's also wearing his Sunday-go-to-meeting jacket over his coveralls. God I love this photo.
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A great-great-grandfather from my mother's side. And I think we are related to the feuding Hatfields, but only distantly.
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Art Carney was just about a year older than me here, so this stings a bit.
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On the flip side, when I moved out west, I was not prepared for 9 a.m. college football kickoffs. Twenty years later, I am still adjusting.
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Interesting.
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I haven't looked at any data but I feel like the corner 3 is more difficult despite the distance due to little to no help from the backboard.
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Overall, I think the 3-point shot has been a plus for basketball. (It's been 45 years so I doubt it's going away.) I do, however, think the diminishment of the importance of the mid-range jumper is regrettable.
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I should probably know who this is, but I'm getting the sense my ignorance is a blessing.
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Happy birthday! 60 nears for me.
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The coach in question was equally adept at sex ed.
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The coach who doubled as our sex ed teacher told us black people had an extra muscle in their legs, making them naturally more gifted athletes than white people. I was 13 years old in an all-white suburban school and remember thinking what unadulterated bullshit that was.