Opinion Archive

These columns are starting to write themselves thanks to the Florida High School Athletic Association.

I go to check out the regional rankings for volleyball, and when I click on the rankings link on the FHSAA site, it spits out a list from MaxPreps.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Of course, every month matters when it comes to mental health.

It is easy to be a high school head coach on a Saturday morning, or honestly, any other morning during the week or weekend. It might be the easiest job in the world.

We all know everything the day after a game.

I was supposed to cover a volleyball game. Or maybe it was a tennis match. I don’t remember exactly considering we are talking about something that happened 25 years ago.

But I will never forget the first sporting event I covered a few days after Sept. 11, 2001.

Go ahead and laugh if you want, but I wonder how close we are to having freshmen college football and basketball players returning to high school for another year.

There is always a lot of new this time of the year. New school year. New sports seasons. New opportunities.

I’ve been pretty busy lately and don’t get nearly as many chances as I have had in the past to attend Blue Wahoos baseball games.

But with my mom in town from Illinois a couple of weeks ago, I figured why not head out to the ballpark.

I understand the importance of security at high school sporting events. But I also feel like you shouldn’t have to go through some long process just to ensure you have a sideline pass for a game.

Football is just about back. The Kickoff Classics get rolling next week, and the regular season kicks off a week after that.

There are a lot of storylines going into the season.

Last place. That’s where the University of West Florida football team is predicted to finish in the United Athletic Conference this coming season.

I’m not surprised. You shouldn’t be either.