just right
There use to be one day a year when I looked forward to the next day as if I were 10 years old and it was Christmas Eve. Use to […]
Giving myself the finger
The way fans perceive and react to their teams goes further toward defining sports than any other factor. This is most evident to me during the fall when I’m following […]
can’t stop, won’t stop
I really do love football. I know this because on two separate occasions last weekend I was watching the second halves of football games on which I was reporting and […]
white sand sure make a tan look nice
SANTA ROSA BEACH, Florida — Check it out! I made it to an ocean, i.e. the Gulf of Mexico. After more than 4,000 miles of driving, I joined my family […]
life’s mostly attitude and driving, part ii
NASHVILLE — My road trip has transitioned from fun work to just fun. After wrapping up my interviews on Tuesday, I spent Tuesday and Wednesday recovering from the midnight run […]
the light at the end of the tunnel may be you
INDIANAPOLIS — I still have another week on the road, but I reached a finish line of sorts on Tuesday. After venturing into the mountains of West Virginia on Monday […]
almost heaven
BARBOURSVILLE, West Virginia — I just listened to the first 30 seconds of John Denver’s Take Me Home, Country Road. That’s all it took to confirm that I strongly prefer […]
lose yourself
DEARBORN, Michigan — I needed a little pure dumb luck to come through for me on this trip and it did without me even knowing it, as these things tend […]
twenty years now, where’d they go?
DEARBORN, Michigan — I began Friday intent on patiently and deliberately heading out of Chicago and toward Detroit. The prevailing traffic conditions and the need to go through the bottleneck […]
still is still moving to me
DEARBORN, Michigan — My favorite writer, Chuck Klosterman, claimed to have written his most popular book, Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, at the ends of the days in the last […]
The Live Ball 