Brian Out Loud
March 30, 2022
There’s a ticket stub attached to the inside of one of my binders that holds basketball cards from an era a long time ago.
We won’t get into just how long ago, except to say that every time I tak…
Brian Out Loud
March 22, 2022
As most of you already know, perhaps from a previous column on the topic, the FHSAA made some changes last month to the way football teams are classified.
We now have a metro/suburban split, and…
Brian Out Loud
March 15, 2022
It was some point in early August of 2019 when I first took notice of Austin Reed on the football field.
He was slinging the ball around in a scrimmage on one of those hot and humid evenings we a…
Brian Out Loud
March 8, 2022
I owe Mike Krzyzewski a thank you in writing.
And seeing that his final season as the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils is winding down, it’s fitting that I publicly issue that thank you now rat…
Brian Out Loud
March 1, 2022
You know when a kicker lines up for a field goal that seems destined to go in only to end up sailing wide left or wide right?
It almost happened this week.
Brian Out Loud
February 22, 2022
Five years ago, the Sweet 16 was the furthest thing from the collective mind of Navarre’s girls basketball team.
The Raiders were just praying to avoid 16 losses in Abby Fogg’s first season as th…
Brian Out Loud
February 16, 2022
I made it to the gym at Gulf Breeze shortly before 9 p.m. on a Friday night, barely an hour removed from watching Navarre’s girls basketball team hold off Pace in a thrilling district championship g…
Brian Out Loud
February 8, 2022
National signing day has come and gone and once again there is no shortage of talent. Navarre, Pace, Milton, Crestview. All have athletes who are headed to the next level.
That chance to play a c…
Brian Out Loud
January 31, 2022
If there is one thing Michael Carter has never done, it’s that he has never forgotten where he came from.
He didn’t do it when he went off to the University of North Carolina and he hasn’t done i…
Brian Out Loud
January 24, 2022
Florida’s rules for high school athletics seem so relaxed when it comes to athletes transferring that you have to try hard to do something that constitutes a violation.
Yet, rules still seem to b…






