It's not always sunny in Philadelphia despite the name of the television show. The forecast was calling for mostly cloudy skies for today's noon kickoff as East Carolina visits Temple. The temperature is expected to be 67 degrees at the outset of the American Athletic Conference contest with 79 percent humidity, a zero chance of precipitation and wind from the southeast at five … [Read more...]

Between the announcement of a potential game with N.C. State to end the regular season and news of player departures and suspensions, Saturday's noon game at Temple seemed to have taken a back seat this week. That's hardly the case within the program as the Pirates look to extend the momentum of a suspenseful 37-35 win over Old Dominion last Saturday as they return to … [Read more...]

I am a hopeless optimist, as illustrated by the nickname my coworkers had for me at one of my earliest newspaper jobs. I wrote so many happy, positive feature stories at The Shelby Star in the early ‘90s that I was dubbed “Lite Brite.” Someone even brought the glowing peg board toy into the office one day and plugged it in as a decoration for my cubby. So it is admittedly … [Read more...]