In the first 22 years of my life, I’ve learned a lot of things. In the next however many years I have left, I hope to learn many, many more. But, I have never learned more in about five seconds than...

Football is, no doubt, the most popular sport in America. I love writing about it. That’s why I do it a lot. There is nothing like the crisp fall air settling in over a nighttime football game that...

I can’t believe what is happening in Miami right now. The Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin story that has plastered the front pages of sports sections and has devoured precious air time on the various...

Congratulations to the Boston Red Sox, the 2013 World Series Champions. I have to admit, at the beginning of the season, I didn’t think the Red Sox would amount to much this previous Major League...

Nick Saban, the head coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide, might just work harder than anyone in the college football game. His attention to detail is incredible and his knowledge and coaching skill is largely...

Condoleezza Rice has quite the resumé. Put down Provost of Stanford University, United States National Security Advisor and even United State Secretary of State for former president George W. Bush....

I have to confess; I’m friends with many, many student athletes on this campus. Through my work in public address, radio broadcasts and writing for The Prairie, I have come to know many of them....

Quite frankly, there’s no better time to be a Buffalo. The maroon and white of West Texas A&M is shimmering with gold. WTAMU has entered its golden age and it’s great to be here. Here’s...

I’m just going to tell you right now, this is a Penn State column. And, in no way do I, nor will I ever, approve of the child sex abuse issues that come with the Penn State scandal. Ever. It’s...

As we say goodbye to another baseball season, we are reminded of a few things: 1) The Angels and Nationals are not who we thought they were; 2) the Dodgers were better than we thought they were, and;...

This past weekend, I had the fortunate opportunity to visit Arlington, Texas for third annual Lone Star Conference Football Festival. The event, in case yo didn’t know, took place at AT&T Stadium,...

It’s nice to see football season in full swing again: high school, college and professional football will accompany the changing leaves for yet another fall. But it’s not just football season that...

If you read last week’s column, I set down my disdain for the horrendous offseason that Texas A&M and 2012 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel had. Most recently and notably, Manziel found himself...

Boy, it’s great to be back. To those new freshmen, incoming transfers or returning students, I just want to say, welcome to West Texas A&M. You’re in the driver’s seat of your life now, so...

About 160 miles from the hallowed ground of Bryant-Denney Stadium, home of University of Alabama football, sits the intersection of College and Magnolia in Auburn, Alabama. Here, at this place,...

It’s been a tough week for all of us. At around 2:50 p.m. Eastern Standard Time last Monday, two explosions rattled the Boston Marathon, injuring more than 170 spectators and killing three people....

I love sports. There, I said it. It occurred to me, some time ago, that if I want to work in sports I couldn’t be a fan of teams. I just can’t. It would violate the whole fairness thing that...

This is part seven of a seven-part series. To go back to WT or not to go back to WT? That was the question that Mercedes was facing in the summer of 2012. From Texas, Alyssa would talk to Mercedes...

This is part six of a seven part series. When Mercedes got to Tucson, her mother was waiting for her. Marchelle seemed excited when her daughter walked into the room. That night, Mercedes had her...

This is part five of a seven part series. The night of April 17, 2012 was a picture perfect night for softball. The Lady Buffs were hosting WTAMU’s rival, Eastern New Mexico, in a single game...

This is part four of a seven part series. After practice that day, Mercedes volunteered to give Alyssa a lift back to her dorm on campus. The two sat in Mercedes’ vehicle for two hours and talked...

This is part three of a seven part series. Mercedes Garcia was sitting in her apartment in Tucson when she got a phone call. The voice on the other end was telling her that he needed a first baseman...

This is part two of a seven part series. One of Alyssa Lemos’ big dreams is to go to medical school. The junior at West Texas A&M is majoring in biochemistry and biology for pre-med, or...

This is part one of a seven part series. The meeting room of the softball clubhouse at West Texas A&M University is adorned with all kinds of photographs. These 8 x 10 frozen memories have captured...

Let me ask you something. Were there cameras trained on you when you decided what college you were going to? Were there syndicated television personalities watching your every move when you announced...

Well that would have been cool, wouldn’t it? Early in the third quarter in Super Bowl XLVII, the San Francisco 49ers were down 28-6 to the Baltimore Ravens. Then, out of nowhere and on the biggest...

Here we are again; another Super Bowl is upon us. This year, it’s Super Bowl XLVII. (That’s 47 for those of you whose Roman numeral knowledge may be a little rusty.) The previous 46 Super Bowls...

It’s certainly no secret that the NCAA has made millions of dollars just off of television contracts in recent years, and they hope to make more in the coming seasons. Universities are bolting from...

I have often wondered what it must be like to be on a campus where a football team is doing something it isn’t supposed to. Utah and Boise State are the schools that come to mind when I think about...

The crowd was fierce as No. 2 seed WTAMU upset No. 1 seed and LSC Tournament host Angelo State Rambelles in five sets (25-19, 23-25, 25-18, 25-22, 15-12) Saturday, Nov. 17 for the Lone Star Conference...

Web Editor's Note: This story was dated wrong and has been corrected. It was published on Nov. 27, 2012. It was announced October 15 that San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey and Detroit Tigers...

The election is over. Can we get an amen? It was certainly an exciting, and at times ridiculous, election season. In the end, President Barack Obama has been re-elected, securing 303 electoral votes...

Chuck Pagano, the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, may not be the leader this nation needs but he is the one that many people in the country should pay attention to. Pagano was named the head...

So I was wrong about Lance Armstrong. It was announced recently that the International Cycling Union (UCI) was going to strip Armstrong of his seven Tour De France titles from 1999-2005 and ban...

I was combing through sports headlines the other day and I came across one about Tim Tebow. Not surprising, Tebow is everywhere. Then I kept reading the article and I suddenly felt like my frustrations...

Finally, it looks like there might be a little sense in the National Football League after all. On Friday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced that his predecessor, Paul Tagliabue, would take...

Welcome to the 2012 Rome: where we pay our gladiators millions of dollars and you pay too much to park. In the fourth quarter at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, Matt Cassel, went...

Congratulations to Miguel Cabrera for winning Major League Baseball’s hitting Triple Crown. By leading the American League with 44 home runs, a .330 batting average and batting in 139 runs, the Detroit...

Luckily, the NFL referee lockout is now over. The “real” officials are back on the field because a deal reached Wednesday between the NFL and the referee’s union, the NFLRA. We all owe Ed Hochuli,...

This week, I have decided to write another homage to the passing of a sports legend. This time, it is not a player, coach or an owner but rather an artist. Steve Sabol, the president of NFL Films passed...

There is a new fad diet among the elite teams in college football: cupcakes. No, these cupcakes are not the frosting-covered morsels of fat and sugar wrapped in wax paper that mom made. These cupcakes...

As the National Football League brings us another season full of its pageantry, big hits and obsessive fans, attention has now turned to the death of an NFL legend, Art Modell. Modell was the owner...

For seven straight Julys, from 1999 to 2005, the United States was engrossed with cycling. Those were the years that Lance Armstrong was dominating the sport. He won cycling’s premier event, the...

  The No. 9 West Texas A&M Lady Buffs welcomed five other teams to the WT Fieldhouse on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 for the annual Lady Buff Classic in Canyon. The Classic was the showcase event...