The death of Joe Hirsch last week elicited heartfelt eulogies from those who were fortunate to know him. Hirsch was the executive columnist for the Daily Racing Form for more than 50 years. His writings will form the foundation of how future generations will look back on the sport.
A close friend of Max Good was surveying the carnage this week, reflecting on the ridiculously huge challenge now facing the veteran college basketball coach, and offered this trace of hope:
To my surprise, only a handful of vehicles were parked near the fishing pier at Boulder Harbor when I parked my truck in front of the sign that read “No Parking from here to the water.” It was about 4:30 p.m.
Good for Corky Simpson. Not for leaving Rickey Henderson off his baseball Hall of Fame ballot. Not for recanting his stance once bloggers assumed their pious positions and embarrassed the retired sports columnist from Arizona for snubbing the player who on Monday correctly sprinted into Cooperstown with nearly 95 percent of the vote.
There are no easy answers. No uncomplicated solution gift-wrapped with a bow.
Grey Ruegamer knew it was a matter of time, because when you arrive at Super Bowl week and begin talking about how you used to castrate lambs with your teeth and how the worst part was getting blood on your mustache, well, you can bet the questions about handling blitz packages and if Eli Manning will ever emerge from big brother’s shadow are going to disappear for a few minutes.
The 2008 Eclipse Award finalists were released Thursday, and while three horses or people were named in each category, most categories appear to be slam dunks.
“We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.”
Anglers who enjoy fishing the upper reaches of Lake Mohave will be happy to learn the Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery will resume its rainbow trout-stocking program on Jan. 16. The first plant will be made at Willow Beach, with second and third plants scheduled for Davis Camp and Riverside below Davis Dam. Those plants will occur the following week.
T en years later, the Mountain West Conference welcomed 2009 by having the most significant week in its history, or at least since anybody 10 miles beyond the Wasatch Mountains didn’t need rabbit ears to watch The Mtn.
You place an X on the positive side of the ledger and move on. Watch the tape, break down all the mistakes, try to learn from them, take another deep breath and begin preparing for the next game. There’s not much else to do after such an escape.
