Joe Black's Recent Columns
Bullies take many forms in all places
If you treat others with respect, if you make yourself blind to whatever faults they might have, you’re going to find some really great people out there. Read more...
Shoelaces are there for a reason
This may be one of those columns that confirms my old fogey-ism but have you ever wondered why (mostly) teenagers never want to tie and untie their shoes? Maybe you haven’t noticed but I sure have.Read more...
Manly crying exists with tears of the son
Those were honest tears. Any athlete will have that one thing-that one event that they dream of. An Olympic Gold Medal. A national championship.Read more...
Some secrets to success from the Geritolset
I was asked a question recently (yeah, it does seem like I get asked a lot of questions). It was “what is the secret to success?”Read more...
To Sum It Up, you want to read Pat’s new book
If you haven’t read Pat Summitt’s new book “Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective,” go buy it today but reserve a little time by yourself or go ahead and call in late for work tomorrow because you won’t be able to put it down.Read more...
The things you remember about the game may just be your team
What do you remember most about your days as an athlete?Read more...
It’s cool to be Mr. Dependable in life or on the bike
Most Dependable? It may not have been the coolest Superlative, but after all these years, I can’t think of one that I would rather have had.Read more...
The amazing power of touch
We have always referred to some sports as “contact sports.” For most of the history of this phrase, it was used to describe football. Surely it was applied to some other sports but most of them aren’t played around here.Read more...
Is your new year resolve still holding firm?
How are you doing with those New Year’s Resolutions?Read more...
Missing that unexpected bonding experience
I got some serious one-on-one time with a 23 month old recently.Read more...
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Hiking With Hardtack: ‘The Hitch-in-the-Get-Along Gang’ hits The Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain
When two Army veterans hit The Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain, Ga., with Daily Times staffers who are following a thru-hiking United Methodist chaplain, they encounter rain, ice, wind and a crowd of other hikers attempting to reach Mount Katahdin before snow arrives -- plus a whole lot more. Read more...
Hiking with Hardtack: United Methodist chaplain journeys along The Appalachian Trail
Josh "Hardtack" Lindamood, a chaplain commissioned by the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church to serve hikers along The Appalachian Trail, begins his thru-hike of the approximate 2,183-mile footpath from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to Katahdin, Maine, on April 4, and provides a look at the first few days on The A.T. Read more...
