Sports Columnists


College Sports, High School Sports, J.R. Tidwell
by J.R. Tidwell 
April 21, 2012
I have been covering sports in one way or another for about six years now. I am no stranger to press boxes, sidelines and perimeter fences. One of the...
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J.R. Tidwell, Sports, Sports Columnists
by J.R. Tidwell 
April 14, 2012
There’s a song by a band named Cage the Elephant called “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked.” If you know anything about a video game called Borderlands, yo...
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J.R. Tidwell, Sports, Sports Columnists
by J.R. Tidwell 
April 11, 2012
As you the reader might imagine, I spend a lot of time at sporting events throughout the county. It’s my job, and I enjoy it. There are definitely wor...
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College Sports, J.R. Tidwell, Sports
by J.R. Tidwell 
April 7, 2012
The UNA Russellville Alumni Club will host an event called “On the Road Again” with UNA’s head football coach Bobby Wallace at the A.W. Todd Centre on...
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College Sports, J.R. Tidwell, Sports
by J.R. Tidwell 
April 4, 2012
And then 2012 March Madness and the 2011-12 NCAA men’s basketball season were over. Kentucky ran the length of the tournament and asserted its dominan...
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J.R. Tidwell, Sports, Sports Columnists
by J.R. Tidwell 
March 28, 2012
I decided early on in my life that I liked sports. My dad had me playing on a little league tee ball team by the time I was five years old. I moved up...
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J.R. Tidwell, Sports, Sports Columnists
by J.R. Tidwell 
March 21, 2012
The wait is finally over, and the anticipation has ended. Peyton Manning has decided to take his talents to South Beach… err I mean Denver. Tim Tebow,...
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College Sports, J.R. Tidwell, Sports
by J.R. Tidwell 
March 14, 2012
March Madness will soon be turning people apathetic towards college basketball into ravenous fans for a few weeks time. I have yet to fill out my brac...
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J.R. Tidwell, Sports, Sports Columnists
by J.R. Tidwell 
March 10, 2012
Some disturbing news recently broke regarding the New Orleans Saints. Apparently their defensive coordinator was paying bounties to players who either...
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Editorials, High School Sports, J.R. Tidwell
by J.R. Tidwell 
March 7, 2012
When the Red Bay girl’s varsity basketball team made the Northwest Regional Tournament — along with the Tharptown girls — in Hanceville, it marked the...
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