You may have read the news this week that Fort Worth’s nearly 100-year-old LaGrave Field is being demolished. LaGrave Field, born in 1926 just north of downtown, was the home of the minor league Fort Worth Cats of the American Association. You may have read the news this week that Willie “Say Hey” Mays passed
The Boston Celtics are your 2024 NBA champions. The Celtics won their 18th title last night, the most in NBA history. Many of those 18 titles were won in the 1960s, when Boston was led by Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, and a fella named John Havlicek. John Havlicek’s steal in Game #7 of the Eastern
“Daddies don’t just love their children every now and then It’s a love without end, amen.” – George Strait George Strait played Kyle Field this Father’s Day weekend. Nearly 111,000 saw the highest attended concert in U.S. history. The event was also the largest in Kyle Field history. At 119 years, Kyle Field is one
Roo Tales are often lighthearted good fun, like the carefree days of my Austin College experience. But sometimes Roo Tales are somber, like the wartime days of Dr. Clyde Hall’s Austin College experience. Dr. Hall passed away this week at the age of 101. It was a privilege to meet Dr. Hall on AC’s campus,
Dianne’s & my son Alex will soon begin a sophomore year as an Aerospace Engineering major at Texas A&M University. He’s got a place on Wellborn Road south of campus. He’s right down the road from Aggie baseball, in a good location to take in a few games at C.E. “Pat” Olsen Field. C.E. “Pat”
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
