Memorial Day Roo Tale: Robert Maxey, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Spanish-American War at San Juan Hill =================================== The 1898 Spanish-American War was a war of empire. Victory allowed the United States empire to replace the Spanish empire in the Americas, during an age when empires ruled the world from Europe to Asia. That era gave
Family travel this week takes lovely Dianne and me to Tampa. We took this harbor pic by the boats. Tampa was also the place Teddy Roosevelt left to fight in the Spanish-American War. Teddy left Tampa by boat. Roosevelt and his Rough Riders achieved fame during that war by summiting San Juan Hill. But guess
Chicago is Marc’s kind of town The Sears/Willis tower is the city’s crown The top of the tower has one helluva view But what if I told you it’s the work of a ROO? AC Baseball was Crowdus Baker’s game 50-year old Baker Field bares his name Baker gave to AC at the height of
Want a fun stat? Here are the number of “TOTAL Solar Eclipses” experienced by colleges in the state of Texas BEFORE April 8, 2024: Austin College: 1 Trinity University: 1 All other Texas colleges: 0 Eclipses happen with some regularity. But total solar eclipses are rare, occurring briefly within a narrow band and only when
I’ll be honest. I couldn’t CARE LESS about the winner of today’s NCAA women’s basketball championship game between South Carolina & Caitlin Clark’s Iowa. But there are some things I do care about. 14.2 million viewers, the most ever to watch an ESPN men’s or women’s basketball game. The sight of little boys scrambling to
This is a photo of a swimming race. No, it’s not Marc racing his bud Barry “Sly” Holcomb, 1990 Hannah Award winner for swimming. No, it’s not Barry Holcomb scrimmaging other Roo swimmers at AC’s Hannah Natatorium. No, it’s not an AC swim meet against Trinity University at Hannah. No, it’s not the prelims of
Our Alex is thriving in Aggieland; Dianne & I couldn’t be prouder. An engineer spending year #1 at TAMU-Galveston, Alex is making the grades and says he’s on pace for a much-coveted aerospace major next year in College Station. Dianne (A&M MBA ’93), Marc (raised in College Station), and Linda (former Aggie faculty/administration) have big
Go Roos sympathies go out today to the family of Ken Krause (AC ’63), who passed this week. Ken Krause was the father of Roos Kevin Krause and Kellye Krause Daniel. Kellye was a little sister of my fraternity, a group which included a lot of baseball players. Kevin, recently inducted into the AC Hall
I wrote a story last week about my great uncle, a B-17 pilot who tragically died during WW2. B-17 pilots are the main characters in the latest Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg WW2 miniseries titled “Masters of the Air.” The miniseries is a companion piece to “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific.” The story of my great
The 2024 Detroit Lions were fighting for a Super Bowl berth in the NFC championship game when I suddenly got a text from Kirk Hughes. Kirk wanted me to comment on a teaser video he had just created for his interview with Austin College Coach Vance Morris. I told Kirk that the teaser looked great
