Holding Court: Why Are There So Many Bowl Games?
Why are there so many bowl games? That simple question has been the basis for one of the most frequent complaints of college sports fans for decades.
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Columns
Celebrating D.G. Martin: Stories, Highlights and Reflections
This special in D.G. Martin’s honor features some of his best interviews and moments from “Who’s Talking” alongside reflections from peers.
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The Governor’s Column: The Miracle of Light
Every December, my family lights and places our menorah in a window. Hanukkah – the miracle of light – tells the story of a group of Jews who, guided by faith, used a day’s worth of oil to keep the temple lights burning for eight nights.
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This Just In: 2025, That’s a Wrap
This Just In — The end-of-year countdown has begun, thankfully. It’s been a doozy, this ten years squeezed into one.
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Little Big Moments: For the Love of the Game, and the Poem
I loved the student reporting on Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s “Oh Shoot” sessions because I love poetry and basketball. Poetry doesn’t have to be about basketball, of course, yet there is a poetry to basketball.
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Holding Court: Transfer Portal Offers Another Huge Challenge for Belichick
Thanks to the NCAA’s creation of the transfer portal in 2018, then the organization’s revolutionary 2021 rule change that allowed first-time transfers to be immediately eligible at their new school, the manner in which college football teams are built and sustained has changed dramatically.
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Exploring Your Creative Genius: Awareness, Compassion and Empathy
I interviewed Connie Jones and Melanie Davis-Jones, the authors of the new book ‘Green Glitter Girl’, a compelling, thoughtful, often sad but ultimately hopeful story about how to overcome childhood trauma.
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The South Orange Dispatch: Have a Happy and Safe Holiday!
With the winter holidays underway, we’ve got a few reminders to help you get through them safer and healthier.
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Refugium: Flora of the Season
I love a good holly tree. Especially as the woods around me begin to senesce and undress (as is their autumnal wont), I find some comfort in the echo of summer that the splashes of green convey.
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This Just In: A Southern Gentleman
This Just In — If you’re very lucky in this life, you get to meet or otherwise be associated with one or two people who are standout individuals – truly exceptional in ways that are manifest to all who meet them. D.G. Martin was such a person.
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