Imagine for a moment being a 12-year-old boy in 1955. You are black. The South despises you. You can’t eat in certain establishments, can’t drink from certain fountains and can’t use certain bathrooms.
Did you really think peace was going to remain in place at Alabama?
So long summer. Football is back.
Welcome to the Golden Age of sports in this area.
August is approaching, and the home stretch is ahead for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.
Sometimes you hit that point in the summer where you have no clue what to put into the space set aside for your column.
When I learned the University of West Florida was getting a football team, I knew it had a chance to be special.
Navarre was represented on the big stage once again.
The last time I saw Darnell Deas was in November. I was covering Navarre’s regional semifinal game against St. Augustine.
The scene was one all baseball players dream about, but a dream that comes true for only a small percentage of players.
