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The ‘Ol Ball Coach, Steve Spurrier, had one of the most storied careers of any college football player and coach. He won the Heisman Trophy as a gun-slinging quarterback at the University of Florida, before moving on to a brief…
The wheel has come full circle. –William Shakespeare My parents recently made the difficult move from their ancestral farmhouse in New Hampshire to an assisted living facility in the Washington, DC area. Change of this magnitude is never easy, and…
It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind, that determines which way we will go in life. –Jim Rohn The day started off so perfectly. A beautiful, crisp Christmas morning. Presents under the tree. Delicious…
E.L.E. –Jackie Moon I’ll just come out and say it. We never really got along with our next door neighbors. No, not The Quinns. C’mon. We love them, of course! The ones on the other side. It’s hard to pinpoint…
In the go-go days of the internet at the turn of the millennium, I worked for DoubleClick, a pioneering internet advertising company based in New York City. Fun, sometimes irreverent, and always entertaining, DoubleClick had many time-honored traditions. But none…
A recent conversation recounting the number of odd jobs we all worked in college sparked a trip down memory lane. These cash-only, under-the-table jobs were a rite of passage and a source of great pride and amusement in retrospect. Bouncer….
The most basic human desire is to feel like you belong. Fitting in is important. –Simon Sinek My parents are both in their 90s and, until very recently, lived on their own in a large farm house up in New…
I had the great pleasure of playing in my high school alumni golf tournament this past weekend with my son, another buddy, and his son. Nothing quite like it. But as we stepped up to the tee box and started…
College GameDay made its way to Boone, North Carolina this past weekend! The iconic pre-game college football program is typically broadcast from the campus of the team hosting a featured game being played that day. And Saturday, the show was…
Legends die hard. Are they ever truly gone? –Marcus Aurelius How long does it take to make a lasting impression? One that stays with us forever and transforms lives. Years of consistent strength? Decades of high achievement? A lifetime…