Today's Sports

“Time may heal all wounds.

 But time will steal you blind.

Time the wheel, time the conqueror.”

      - Jackson Browne,

“... have you noticed lately how time flies?”

If you nodded yes, this space is for you. And Ted.

And for friends with whom you’ve lost touch since, say, the Muhammad Ali was Cassius Clay, or the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Jackson Browne is right–Time does steal us blind.

And quietly.

While a self-centered jug head, anti-hero returned to baseball to wild cheers, a pair of genuine American heroes rose above the madding crowd last weekend.

Lou Gehrig was honored at ball parks across America July 4, 70th anniversary of the revered Yankee's farewell speech. And, U.S. Airlines pilot Chesley Sullenberger was featured on CBS’s 60 Minutes in a fascinating piece with captain graciously fending off weak journalism from Katy Couric.

Gehrig and Sullenberger, men of parallel grace, immense dignity and reluctance to embrace hero-worship.

SCHS parent, football player meeting

Spencer County High School Football parent/player meeting will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. in the SCHS gym. Anyone interested in playing football at the high school level must attend the meeting. Practice will begin July 13 at 6:30 p.m.. All athletes must have a current physical on the proper KHSAA form. Forms can be attained at www.KHSAA.org or at the Spencer County School Board office, located at 207 West Main Street.

Grizzly football begins

The mid-summer month of July is usually one of the slowest in the world of sports. Sure, baseball is in mid-season, but with its tedious 162-game schedule, only the most ardent fans get too worked up over the games leading up to and following the All-Star game. Most excitement occurs off the field as trade-deadlines near.

Football is still a month away, and while various training camps and involuntary workouts will soon be beginning across the NFL, the season won’t get started for several more weeks and the action is not relegated to talk radio shows.