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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
“Everything is preparing you for something else.”- Mike Leach Moss covers the shadowed creek bank; up the bases of the trees and blanketing half sunken boulders, it carpets the forest with a vibrance most needed on this cloudy day up the mountain. It’s cool enough for a light jacket under the boreal Esque forest canopy
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
Another warm day in July; another perfect day to dream about football. One way or another, I’ll eventually get to four different Week One college football games. In the sort of way the name suggests, we may saunter or wander along the way. Feel free to remain at the trailhead if you wish. I think
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Cincinatti Bearcats 9:00PM EST on ESPN August 28 Arrowhead Stadium “He came with the name CincinnatiA kid with no ace in the holeOn a hot poker pot, CincinnatiHad staked his heart and soul He played night and day like a demonAnd prayed for that one lucky dayWhen the lush royal flush of
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
–Battery is a waterfront Bourbon bar with “exquisite wine and elevated plates” situated within Sparkman Wharf. This is a night before the game kind of place as it is nearly 6 Miles across Tampa from Raymond James Stadium and quite sophisticated. Splash the Cool Water, Starch the Levis and iron the Sunday shirt for this
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
“For myself, I always write about Dublin, because if I can get to the heart of Dublin, I can get to the heart of all cities of the world. In particular is contained the universal.” -James Joyce Another warm morning, thankfully not yet hot, but triple digits will register by 5PM today. The garden glistens
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
“a fistful of golden contracts, a personal manager, and ranking-celebrity status on three continents.” HST on Jean-Claude Killy 3/1/1970 Perhaps, this is what is at stake for these elite football talents, although, the “golden contracts” seem to be available regardless of Heisman status these days. At least, they are golden in my eyes. Doc Thompson
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
Week one of last season several players caught my eye as standout talents, and I thought it would be fun to follow-up and see where they are now. “Oh hurry, please hurry! The hourglass is almost empty!” -Dorothy Gale Calmate hermosa. The fever dream is almost complete, and you’ll be right back in Kansas with
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
What to Expect: A clear 61-degree high-desert morning here in the valley. The coffee to my right, the fuzzy beast to my left, a flock of ducks whistling their wings overhead as they fly SW towards “Grandpas Pond,” and this typing machine resting on my lap as I sit on a padded wooden chair in
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
Another dose of sports to cure the workday boredom on another hot June day. Thankfully, the last one of the year. The last June day that is. It’ll still feel like 100 for the next 60 days or so. Turn on the A/C, find the shade, drink plenty of water, or saunter amongst the aspens
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
What to expect: It’s late June. “Lord Almighty, I feel my temperature risin’,”- “Burning Love” It’s hot everywhere across the land on this day. One of those weeks where I’m dreaming of the first September cool morning and first frost in October. Leaves will change, snow will fall, and football will be played, but today