Barbecue, grits and guacamole

Longtime friend Tony Barnhart of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently took a detour from college football to blog about another Southern staple, barbecue.

Print: So dead, it’s in demand

Explain to me how print media is dead, please, just one more time. Seems that whenever a newspaper pops up for sale, there are always plenty of suitors. And there’s a recent report that blogging, supposedly one of the nails in the newspaper coffin, is on the wane among corporate brass.

Bear (Stearns) market redux

I’m getting off the media/Southern beat a moment to pontificate about the Bear Stearns collapse on Wall Street, which is tied to the subprime mortgage meltdown.
 I feel qualified to do this as I once worked for Morgan Stanley and held the essential Series 7 NASD license. I also am a human being with a large dose [...]

Seau or Nobis: Who’s the best LB?

Linebacker Junior Seau has been to the Super Bowl with two different NFL teams, the San Diego Chargers and the New England Patriots. Former Atlanta Falcons LB Tommy Nobis, the first player ever drafted by the franchise in 1966, was regarded as one of the top players of his era even though he toiled for a [...]

Beach boy to blizzard: What a change

The recent snowfall in the Atlanta area reminded me how spoiled Southern Californians get with ‘endless summer.’ But also, it’s nice to have a change of seasons and snowmen in your neighborhood. Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYbAHm_Q-u0

LSU or USC: Who’s No. 1?

LSU’s recent BCS football title was its second in four years under two different head coaches, Nick Saban in 2003 and Les Miles in 2007. The Trojans of Southern California won a share of the 2003 title and took it all in 2004, both under ultra-successful coach Pete Carroll. Do the Trojans have the dominant [...]

Turner or Moreno: Take sides here

Two of the richest men in the U.S. have made an impact on the sports world. Ted Turner forged new ground in television by buying the Atlanta Braves in the 1970s and using them as programming for his cable TV “superstation.” The Braves went on to appear in the World Series five times in the [...]

Petco or Turner Field: Which is bigger hit?

Atlanta’s Turner Field, home of the Braves, is a retro style baseball park that favors pitchers (surprise, surprise) with an outfield pavilion that becomes a massive singles bar during home games. San Diego’s Petco Park, home of the Padres, is another non-cookie cutter venue that includes a neighboring structure as part of its outfield wall. It [...]

Herschel Walker or Marcus Allen: Who’s better?

A couple of Heisman Trophy winners from the 1980s stand tall in college football history. Southern Cal’s Marcus Allen, a converted quarterback, won the top award in 1981 with 2,342 yards rushing. Walker led Georgia to a national title as a freshman and won the Heisman in 1982, his junior and final season, with 1,752 [...]

‘The OC’ or Gwinnett: Which is better?

There are similarities and contrasts between Gwinnett County, GA (near Atlanta), and Orange County, CA, near LA. The GA county was named for Button Gwinnett, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Orange County was named for the famous fruit, although Disneyland stands on former strawberry fields. Both are middle-class enclaves with growing minority [...]