Sioux City sports has lost a class act

I learned, with dismay, that Curtis Anderson has been let go from his radio job from a competing station.
Even though Curtis was a competitor, he always had my respect.  Curtis is an easy going guy and easy to listen to on the radio.  I have always and still consider Curtis a friend.  Curtis has covered [...]

Former Hawks try to make it in the NFL

There was little drama in who was going to be the first pick in last weekend’s NFL.  Detroit clearly made Matthew Stafford their highest priority and signed him to a huge contract on the eve of the first round.  The biggest story turned out to be Matt Sanchez and which team would move up to [...]

Coaching Carousel in Sioux City

Last week, 3 Sioux City high school coaches announced their resignation.  Two were not a surprise, one was.  Doug Moody left the Heelan Girls Basketball program; Steve Zediker resigned as East Head Football Coach; and John Vanderloo called it quits as North’s Boys Basketball Head Coach.
Moody’s departure was not a surprise.  He told me during [...]

Adapting with Jim Abbott

I went to the Goodwill Industries dinner on Thursday night.  The guest speaker was former Major League pitcher Jim Abbott.  If the name doesn’t ring a bell, it should.  He pitched in the bigs for 10 seasons with 5 different teams.  His stats are mediocre and uninspiring — 87 wins, 108 losses and a 4.25 [...]

A Star joins Morningside

The Morningside Mustangs won a national championship this past season.  That was the easy part.  Now, Jamie Sale has the difficult task of replacing two extremely talented players — Dani Gass and Autumn Bartel.  He accomplished part of that.
On Tuesday, Morningside announced that Tanaeya Worden will transfer to the Mustangs and will be eligible to [...]

Mourning Harry Kalas

I have never been a fan of the Philadelphia Phillies but I certainly grew to appreciate the team’s “Voice.”
The deep, barotone voice of Harry Kalas will be heard no more.  The legendary Phillies broadcaster died at the ballpark today at the age of 73, getting ready for a broadcast of the Phillies and Washington Nationals.
You [...]

The Elite Conference of the NAIA

Talked with Corey Westra today.  He’s the commissioner of the Great Plains Athletic Conference.  They had conference meetings today.
The GPAC is in fine shape right now.  As a matter of fact, they have teams looking to join even though the GPAC is not actively seeking new members.  York College has applied for membership in the [...]

Players out of touch

I read the other day that Carlos Zambrano of the Chicago Cubs wants to play home games in a new ballpark.  After visiting the new Yankee Stadium, the Big Z is tired of Wrigley Field and wants to pitch in some new digs.
My response is:  Are you nuts?
The day that Wrigley is laid to rest [...]

Winter is finally over

Baseball has arrived.
On Sunday night, Philadelphia will raise their championship banner and the Phillies and Atlanta Braves will start off the 2009 baseball season.  Thank God!  Now we can finally look at winter in our rearview mirror.  The man upstairs gave us a final winter scare with blizzard warnings this past weekend but only gave [...]