Month: January 2010
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The Devil and the Reverend Dr. Robertson
I MAY BE STEPPING IN THE VIPER’S NEST, but here I go. Following the earthquake in Haiti, televangelist Rev. Pat Robertson made this statement: “They (the Haitians) were under the…
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Coaches association expels Duke’s Cutcliffe
WACO, Texas — Meeting in emergency session, the executive committee of the American Football Coaches Association voted unanimously to expel Duke University head football coach David Cutcliffe from its ranks…
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Some players who have gone pro early
AS THE NEW SEMESTER BEGINS, my thoughts turn to today, January 15, the deadline for eligible college football players to declare for the National Football League draft. (Happily, for me,…
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Ten or so things that I learned from my dad
MY DAD’S BIRTHDAY is today. My birthday present for Dr. Clifford Garland Gaddy, Sr., M.D., is a recounting of some of the best gifts he has given to me: things…
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Sometimes it is good to lose — sometimes
WEB-ONLY SPECIAL FOR MY SPECIAL WEB-ONLY READERS IT IS GOOD TO LOSE — sometimes. No, this is not an article written to give small consolation to Wolfpack men’s basketball fans…
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The bottom eight news stories from 2009
THE YEAR-END, AND YEAR-EARLY-DECADE-END, lists are rolling in. This is one you haven’t seen: the bottom eight news stories from 2009. Some of them aren’t completely made up. Ashland passes…
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