Deficit
I have about 45 minutes here before I'm leaving the house to go cover the golf regional in Urbana. I touched on this last week in my "back from LA" article but since writing it, it's been on my mind non-stop. In my 16+
Robert
PMP25: How To Watch A College Golf Tournament
This is the first of the Pick My Post articles for the 2025 fundraiser. All of these will be unlocked and open for anyone to read. With the NCAA Urbana Regional coming up on Monday, this basically had to be first. The request: tips on how to watch a college
2025 Pick My Post Fundraiser
It's tuba time again.
I use a different tuba photo every year for this. This year it's a photo of the Marching Illini sousaphones from their fundraiser where they run a 5k while wearing (and occasionally playing?) their sousaphones. Hopefully they're playing. I mean,
Back From LA
There are too many things this time of year. On the last day of April you’re supposed to get all Justin Timberlake and say “it’s gonna be me” (but you say “it’s gonna be May” instead). And today (I'm writing this Sunday but it will
Portal-Free Since 2023
If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?
Pilgrims.
As I’ve told you before, my dad navigated the world through jokes. It’s how men of his age communicated. You’re standing around in line at the bank in 1979, you see Fred, and as you
Heartbreak
I need you to study that photo. First off, please notice the red jacket (and the gray pants leg) all the way to the left. That's the BTN cameraman. His job was to get the team's reaction on 18 after Jake Birdwell's birdie putt.
Youth Movement
Remember the Penn State basketball game in 2006? The one where we had one a bazillion home wins in a row - at that point we had only lost three times at home in the 2000's - and then we inexplicably lost to Penn State at home? The