By Doc Hancock on Sep 12, 2008 in friends, good times, school | 0 Comments
Although in a sense I have a sucky job as student assistant basketball coach and a crybaby who works under me, any time that is spent around people that don’t ask me questions about the basketball team or better than yet, get on my nerves, is time well spent.
Case in point was Thursday evening when [...]
By Doc Hancock on Sep 9, 2008 in friends, southern fried sports | 0 Comments
Forty-five years ago this year, Stan Musial ended his Hall-of-Fame career with the St. Louis Cardinals, setting club records for hits, home runs, and games played.
Five years after “The Man” retired, the Cardinals in the middle of their pennant-winning 1968 season, decided to forever honor “The Man” by erecting a statue that to this day [...]
By Doc Hancock on May 16, 2008 in friends, good times, life, school | 0 Comments
It seems just like yesterday when I first walked into the halls of Crichton College as a transfer student paying a visit days after Crichton won its first TransSouth championship in basketball.
And it seems just like yesterday when I sat in the Costco at the corner of Hacks Cross and Winchester talking to people about [...]
By Doc Hancock on Apr 17, 2008 in friends, southern fried girls | 2 Comments
For three days, the talk around North Highland Park has not been the baseball team’s win over crosstown rival Christian Brothers nor the possibilty of Andre Allen, who I had a pleasure of interviewing six years ago when I wrote for a newspaper here in town, coming to play here in North Highland Park.
But a [...]