Darrell Royal has been underground since 2012. He is buried along with his faithful wife, Lois, in Statesman’s Meadow, section 2(G), row B, number 19 at Texas State Cemetery in Austin. If he were still alive, he would probably ask, “Why is...
They were known as the “3 M’s,” a trio of guards who scored prolifically (before the three-point line) in the 1968, 1969 and 1970 college basketball seasons. I will start with Rick Mount of Purdue. In 72 games for the Boilermakers, he racked up...
I underwent arthroscopic surgery on one of my knees to repair a torn meniscus at Yonsei Severance Hospital in 2012. I do not remember the name of the doctor, the month, or whether it was my right or left knee, but the other had been done in...
phobia [foh-bee-uh] / ˈfoʊ bi ə / noun 1. an intense, persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, situation or person that manifests in physical symptoms such as sweating, trembling, rapid heartbeat or shortness of breath, and...
It may have been from a book I read or some online article, but a statement by one historian really made me pause and reflect. In paraphrase, he/she asked the rhetorical question “What group of people caused the most misery while contributing the...
I learned a lot during the years (1996 to 1998) I was researching and writing Longhorn Hoops / The History of Texas Basketball. That includes, for example, the 44-game winning streak led primarily by three-sport letterman Clyde Littlefield...
Whether at home or the office, I listen to music through YouTube. Typical of my current preferences are acoustic guitar work by Josh Snodgrass and Oner Yavuz, duduk (a double-reed woodwind instrument originating in Armenia) music, Erik Satie...
Scott Wilson and I had much in common: Both Texas-born European-American males, both way into sports and both proud possessors of a diploma from our state’s flagship institution. There were differences, however, as will soon be clear. A native of...
After a long battle with Parkinson’s disease and congestive heart failure, Warren McVea breathed his last on October 18 in Los Angeles. He was 79. I, like many others, remember this mercurial running back from San Antonio’s Brackenridge High...
It’s interesting to realize how ambitious the Japanese were just over eight decades ago. Consider the countries they occupied or subjected to military force: Korea, China, the Philippines, Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Singapore, Malaya, Formosa...
While traveling throughout Korea, I have witnessed some sad and distressing sights. Examples include the street behind Seoul’s Tapgol Park, where homeless and apparently hopeless old people gather every day; Uiryeong, where a policeman went...
Adolf Hitler, Lee Oswald, Charles Manson, Pol Pot and Idi Amin have all earned the civilized world’s enmity. We loathe der Führer et al. for good reason, but it must be kept in mind that early on they were their mamas’ darling boys. Only later...
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