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Farewell Bob Spear: Memories are made from magic and music

OK, LET’S DO this one last time with feeling, a thought that represents a backdoor cut to today’s theme: Forty-four Years Are Enough.

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  • Spear: Bona fide legend already inhabits Erskine lore

    IF ERSKINE COLLEGE officials find favor with its feasibility study and again make football part of campus life, the school will have an advantage over most fledgling programs: a legacy.- 9:41 AM

  • Will you be watching todays Euro2008 game? Spear: No

    Well, I understand the European Championships will be decided today. But you already knew that, didn’t you? Spain will face Germany in Vienna for all the marbles. You knew that, too.- 9:57 PM

  • Spear: A new direction


    Raymond Felton spent part of last week in Mullins amid the cacophony of bouncing balls, shots clanking off rims and the stars of tomorrow honing their skills. He flitted from group to group, offering encouragement and interacting with the youngsters. He remembered what those summer-camp days meant to him.- 8:38 AM

  • Spear: All eyes, even those of his competitors, are on Tiger’s return

    The U.S. Open unfolds this week near San Diego and Tiger Woods will step to the first tee in his familiar role of favorite. No, you say?- 9:18 PM

  • Spoil sports


    Big Brown goes to the post today in the Belmont Stakes with one of the biggest prizes in sports — horse racing’s Triple Crown — there for the taking, and only the bold believe he will fail.- 11:35 PM

  • Spear: Whiteley’s memory lives at Camden Training Track

    FAMILY AND FRIENDS will gather at the Camden Training Track this morning to celebrate the life of Frank Whiteley, the legendary thoroughbred trainer who died in early May at 93, and the site could not be more appropriate.- 8:29 PM

  • Should there be a lottery for the #1 NBA draft pick? Spear: No

    One of the most ridiculous ploys used to gain attention is over for another year, and we can focus on important things — such as games.- 6:33 PM

  • Spear: Life is good after your name gets in the paper

    ONCE UPON A time, in the days of a half-century ago when each of baseball’s major leagues included only eight teams and today’s communication network could not be imagined, scouts beat the bushes in search of talent, and some potential prospects no doubt escaped notice.- 8:21 AM

  • Should young athletes commit to college programs? Spear: ‘No’

    Want to know what’s wrong with college athletics? The story of Michael Avery pretty much tells the tale. Don’t know Michael Avery? Didn’t think so.- 9:43 PM

  • Spear: Track’s tough rhetoric is right on the money

    DARLINGTON YOU KNOW THE hype, the tub-thumping chant about Darlington Raceway. Too Tough To Tame. Too Tough To Tame. Too Tough To Tame.- 10:18 PM