Bill's Blog
WATCHING KOREAN BASEBALL UNTIL MY CARDINALS FLY HOME
I can tell you exactly where I was when I fell in love with baseball. Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis.
It was the summer of 1960, and I was just 8 years old. My father took me to St. Louis to see the Cardinals play the Milwaukee Braves. Dad taught me that day how to keep a score card, something all real baseball fans do.
REMEMBERING JOHNNY MAJORS
On a cold November day in 1956, I attended my first college football game. I saw the Tennessee Volunteers defeat the Kentucky Wildcats 20-7 at Shields Watkins Field on the campus of the University of Tennessee.
THE CRUSADE: WHEN BILLY GRAHAM BROUGHT RICHARD NIXON TO KNOXVILLE
Reliving Billy Graham's 1970 East Tennessee Crusade at Neyland Stadium, featuring the 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon.
REMEMBERING EDDIE HASKELL
When I was a child growing up in the 1950s, I watched a lot of TV. Too much, in fact, but my parents let me watch TV every night so long as I finished my homework first.
My favorite TV show was then and remains now Leave It To Beaver, the adventures of Beaver Cleaver, his brother Wally, and his parents Ward and June.
THE POWER OF A HAND-WRITTEN LETTER DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
A hand-written letter or note is a powerful means of communication.
