Sports Columns
From the frustration in Ray Granmoe’s voice, there was no mistaking things weren’t going the way he had hoped they would when the evening began. Granmoe, an auctioneer, was about halfway through the live auction at the annual fundraising banquet for the local chapter of the Safari Club International and already had called a pass on five of the first 16 items because the bidding was insufficient or nonexistent.
PROVO, Utah – OK, so raise your hand if you saw that second half coming.
The message surrounding Lance Armstrong has always been more important than the suspicion. The objective has rightly always carried more weight than the gossip.
If the loss at Texas Christian and the debacle at Colorado State proved anything, it’s that the separation from upper to lower tier in Mountain West Conference basketball isn’t as obvious this season.
You can find their names and statistics inside the UNLV basketball media guide, but numbers aren’t what set them apart. An edge did. A rare quality.
The death of Joe Hirsch last week elicited heartfelt eulogies from those who were fortunate to know him. Hirsch was the executive columnist for the Daily Racing Form for more than 50 years. His writings will form the foundation of how future generations will look back on the sport.
A close friend of Max Good was surveying the carnage this week, reflecting on the ridiculously huge challenge now facing the veteran college basketball coach, and offered this trace of hope:
To my surprise, only a handful of vehicles were parked near the fishing pier at Boulder Harbor when I parked my truck in front of the sign that read “No Parking from here to the water.” It was about 4:30 p.m.
Good for Corky Simpson. Not for leaving Rickey Henderson off his baseball Hall of Fame ballot. Not for recanting his stance once bloggers assumed their pious positions and embarrassed the retired sports columnist from Arizona for snubbing the player who on Monday correctly sprinted into Cooperstown with nearly 95 percent of the vote.
