Once upon a time in the field of journalism, “blogs” were all the rage, and everybody had one. Early on in the process, it looked like another trend that would someday go by the wayside, but …
It’s a pretty natural inclination to be familiar – through pattern recognition – with the impending doom of winter weather. For the athlete (particularly on the gridiron) the change in seasons …
No matter how you slice it, 25 years is quite a chuck of time. Even for a person who just turned 100, that’s one-quarter of THEIR lives … so you know it takes a while to peel through …
One of the most-remarkable aspects of North Dakota’s athletic lifestyle is the bobbing-and-weaving y’all perform around the thermometer. With golf events scheduled even before the first official …
There’s this funny line from the movie “Dazed and Confused” – which is set in Texas in the 1970s – where some girl says to one of the football players, “You guys are the kings of this …
It’s very frustrating to watch a person struggle to make a decision. Even when the choice is somewhat obvious to the observer, many folks have difficulties pulling the string, trigger or whatever …
It’s always amusing watching people—especially commentators—try and tell others who the “boogey-man” is in any given situation or paradigm. Often, folks fixate on something or someone they …
The World Cup comes around every four years – like the Olympics – and by the end of the month in which they exist, most people are ready for them-both to be over. Honestly, how many times …
During the last couple of weeks, there’s been a LOT of stuff going on and tons of activity in Southwest North Dakota, and perhaps the best aspect of it all was that we reporters and photographers …
If you think back on some of your fondest memories, they probably involve family gatherings or holiday parties, but they most likely include one victory or another. Meanwhile, if you stop to think …
By now, you’ve probably seen the exuberance of World Cup soccer fans, many of whom have been tooling around the United States – along with Mexico and Canada – to witness the 26th edition of …
Perhaps one common refrain or thread in these pieces I put together each week is what I consider the value of what young people learn from sports. There are so-many different and disparate aspects to …
The newspaper industry has seen some significant changes since 1998. Back then, there was barely an Internet, Facebook and social-media were some distance away and the best method for potential …
If you look all over GS Publishing’s products in Golden Valley, Billings, Hettinger, Morton, Adams and Grant counties and the Carson Press (I like how we cover counties and not an individual city …
Baseball isn’t a game for everybody, and – like soccer – one generally has to have played it on some level to possess a genuine appreciation for it and become a fan. The game’s …
You know that funny thing you typically see athletes saying on camera, “Hi, Mom”? Folks often have wondered why it’s almost never, “Hi, Dad,” but I think Moms hold a special place in the heart of every athlete for very good reasons. First off, this world is a terrible, unmanageable place, but Moms make it better on a day-by-day or event-by-event basis. There’s a reason the term “Soccer Mom” has entered our …
It’s a difficult thing: Finding satisfaction in a competitive world. But at some point, it benefits all of us to somehow find it despite the odds. Often, we discuss “doing our best,” and …
The word “patriarchy” shouldn’t hold much sway over people, because that paradigm is mostly untrue and, at the same time, understandable in its modest veracity. Sure, most of us grew up in a …
Sociologists, biologists, and anthropologists have always been fascinated by natural development—either human or animal—and how the step-by-step processes of interaction, play, adult guidance, …
My prevailing theory in this world is the dichotomy between “this” or “that.” We can learn a LOT about people based on what side they’re on (and, no, I’m NOT talking politics … that …
