Friday, August 31
Whitman Continues Quarterback Transition
McGowan to start against Wootton, Morton could see time.
Whitman opens the 2012 season against Wootton on Aug. 31.
Mount Vernon Field Hockey Led by Senior Class
Majors have played in three consecutive district championship games.
The Mount Vernon field hockey team went 3-0-1 at the "Under the Lights" tournament Aug. 24-25 at Lee High School.
Day Leads Herndon Football
Hornets amassed 3-17 record during previous two seasons.
Brian Day, a former assistant at Westfield and Centreville, is in his first season as head coach of the Herndon football team.
Jarrell Leads Woodson Field Hockey
Cavaliers fell short of regional tournament in 2011.
Meg Jarrell, 22, is in her first season as head coach of the Woodson field hockey team.
Defense Is Strength of Titans Field Hockey
T.C. Williams field hockey team beats Hayfield in its tournament opener.
Thursday, August 30
T.C. Williams Football Loaded with Playmakers
Titans to open 2012 season at home against Wakefield.
The T.C. Williams football team is loaded with playmakers entering the 2012 season.
Molnar Leads Yorktown Volleyball Past South County
Junior tallies 20 kills in five-game, season-opening victory.
Molnar's 20 kills propel Yorktown volleyball past South County in opener.
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Letter: Separate and Unequal - II
Your editorial in the titled "Separate and Unequal ?" [The Connection, July 25-31, 2012], addressed the "eye-popping" disparately low admission of Black and Latino students to Thomas Jefferson High School, and the complaint that this was "in voilation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1965 which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, and national origin."
Wednesday, August 29
Column: Diagnosed But Not Sick
Having/being diagnosed with cancer/a terminal disease is neither fun nor funny; however, unless I find some humor or wishful thinking in how I approach this situation, I don’t suppose I’ll be approaching it much longer. To me, it’s always been mind over matter, and even though these matters are rather serious, I still don’t mind.
Tuesday, August 28
How To Register, Vote and Vote Early
Election Day is Nov. 6, but you can vote as early as Sept. 21.
How important is it for Virginia voters to turn out on or before Nov. 6? As a critical “battleground” state, Virginia will be key in determining who will be the next President of the United States. Who will represent Virginia in the U.S. Senate is also too close to call. Since polling shows that there are very few undecided voters in the Commonwealth, every eligible voter will want to be sure to cast a ballot.
Friday, August 24
Opinion: Mindless Slashing
Automatic cuts set to kick in January would harm Northern Virginia more than any other region.
While reducing the federal deficit is critical to the nation's economic health in the long run, the knee jerk, slash and burn method based only on cuts that is coming at us like a freight train will do immense damage to the economy nationally. But no place would feel the pain more intensely than Northern Virginia.
Thursday, August 23
Getting to Know Area High Schools’ Sports
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Wednesday, August 22
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Column: Life in the Cancer Lane
Having been there and done that now for three and a half years certainly helps. And however familiar it may be and/or has become, it doesn’t exactly help to pass the time or affect the results, unfortunately. Cancer sucks! That much is clear. Now and in the future.
Thursday, August 16
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Wednesday, August 15
Quarterback Henderson Set to Excel at Lake Braddock
Former West Potomac coaches join Bruins’ staff.
After a strong sophomore year at West Potomac, quarterback Caleb Henderson enters his junior season as a member of the Lake Braddock football team.
Ireton Looking To Match, Eclipse Last Year’s Success
Cardinals’ 2011 season ended in heartbreaking fashion.
The Bishop Ireton football team looks to maintain its winning ways.
Stewart a Humble Star for Yorktown Football Team
Patriots enter 2012 with talent at skill positions, strong defense.
The Yorktown football team has many weapons on offense.
Column: A Pill a Day…
Hopefully will keep the cancer at bay. (I’d say “away,” but let’s be realistic, three and a half years past a NSCLC diagnosis, there is no way, generally speaking, that stage IV lung cancer disappears into the ether; it’s classified as stage IV for a reason.
Shim, Weiss Lead Churchill Field Hockey in 2012
Bulldogs looking to build on 2011 region runner-up finish.
The Churchill field hockey team looks reached the 4A West Region championship game last season.
Thursday, August 9
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Wednesday, August 8
Column: Derive to Survive
Now that I can taste food again, or rather have food taste like normal again, my attitude is much improved.
Tuesday, August 7
Top 100: Grant Hill, South Lakes, Basketball, 1990
Seahawks superstar championed Duke to two titles and made the leap to NBA All-Star and Olympic Team.
There was a time before Grant Hill belonged to the rest of the world. There was a time before Hill was a 7-time NBA All-Star and member of the Orlando Magic or Detroit Pistons or even before he was a member of two NCAA champion Duke University basketball teams.
Top 100: Kara Lawson, West Springfield, Basketball, 1999
West Springfield grad is still winning championships.
When Pat Summitt, the head coach of the University of Tennessee women's basketball team, came to West Springfield to recruit Kara Lawson, she could not answer one simple question. She went back to Tennessee, found out the answer and secured the services of the nation's best high school player.
Top 100: Allen Johnson, Lake Braddock, Track, 1989
Rising to the top, over and over again.
It was nearly impossible for his high school teammates to predict the heights Allen Johnson would reach in track and field. The 1989 Lake Braddock grad was an exceptional athlete, but he did not win an individual state title until his senior year.
Top 100: Mia Hamm, Lake Braddock, Soccer, 1989
The Lake Braddock grad handled the pressure of national and global recognition with grace.
She is a household name. Across the globe, girls who play soccer strive to be her, while female athletes who play other sports look up to her. Mia Hamm is the face of women's soccer and an advocate of women's sports.
Top 100: Alan Webb, South Lakes, Track, 2001
Webb still holds several national high school records he set while at South Lakes High School.
Alan Webb, a 2001 South Lakes graduate and 23-year-old international track star, set the American record in the two-mile event at the 2005 Prefontaine Classic at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field.
Top 100: Tom Dolan, Yorktown, Swimming, 1993
A two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Dolan became nationally acclaimed sports figure.
An athlete cannot reach greater heights than earning a gold medal at the Olympic Games.
Top 100: Rob Muzzio, Robinson, Track and Field, 1982
Although he had reasons enough to quit multiple times, the brilliant athlete never let those reasons get in the way of his capability.
While other track and field stars were trying out for spots to represent their nation at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Rob Muzzio was in a hospital bed. The 1982 Robinson grad was fighting a severe asthma attack.
Top 100: Tommy Amaker, Woodson, Basketball, 1983
It was mind over body for the former Woodson basketball standout, as his career took him to the top of college basketball as a player and a coach.
Teamwork and defensive brilliance defined the high school and college basketball careers of Tommy Amaker, a 1983 Woodson grad. His basketball mind took him from Woodson to Duke as a player, and from Duke to Seton Hall to the University of Michigan as a coach.
Top 100: Chris Warren, Robinson, Football, 1985
Size and speed accounted for many of the Robinson star's record-breaking rushing yards.
What the defenses of local high school football teams already knew in the early 80’s, the defenses of collegiate and professional teams would find out later on. Chris Warren, the 1985 graduate of Robinson Secondary, was nearly impossible to stop.
Top 100: Hubert Davis, Lake Braddock, Basketball, 1988
Radiant personality and hard work led the former Bruin to a 12-year career in the NBA.
According to his high school basketball coach, Mike Wells, Hubert Davis came into Lake Braddock more highly skilled than most players leave the school.
Top 100: Bob Brower, Madison Everything, 1978
All-region selection in four sports, Brower remains legendary at Madison.
Bob Brower, a 1978 graduate and the only athlete ever to letter in four sports in one year at James Madison High School, is one of those legendary figures. The type of figure whose name has grown in local sports lore.
Top 100: Eric Sievers, Washington-Lee, Football, 1976
Generals tight end Starred at Maryland before flying `Air Coryell' in San Diego.
Think about some of the greatest NFL offenses of all time — the Cleveland Browns of the 1950's under QB Otto Graham; the 1983-84 Redskins who eclipsed the all-time mark for most points scored in a season; the Kurt Warner-led St. Louis Rams of a few years ago who moved the football and scored seemingly at will.
Top 100: Skeeter Swift, George Washington, Basketball, 1965
Skeeter `Legend' thrived on catcalls; was true showman for Presidents on basketball court.
For Skeeter Swift, there was magic with every step he took throughout his basketball career. It was as if the flamboyant, dazzling hard court sensation was meant to be where he was at each respective level of his hoops career.
Top 100: Ed Moses, Lake Braddock Swimming, 1998
Former Bruin exploded on to the national scene after high school.
Ed Moses went from an unknown swimmer to world-ranked in ten months. The 1998 Lake Braddock graduate won two state titles, but his accomplishments go far beyond the high school pools and competition.
Top 100: Wes Suter, South Lakes Gymnastics, 1982
Former Olympian was a pioneer in men's gymnastics, won 15 state titles.
Wes Suter, a 1981 graduate of South Lakes High School and 1988 Olympic gymnast, was so competitive that his physical education teachers had a game that they played with him — one in which he was an unwilling participant.
Top 100: Hummer Brothers Washington-Lee, Basketball, 1963 and 1966
Big Men siblings led `Little Generals' to prominence in 1960s.
In the early 1960's, the Washington-Lee High boys basketball team was a Virginia state power, thanks in large part to 6-foot-6 inch pivot player Ed Hummer. Hummer, a consistent scorer, rebounder and game-changer on defense, was the linchpin player who fueled the Generals to consecutive state 1A titles in both the 1961-62 and 62-63 basketball seasons.
Top 100: Pat Toomay, Edison, Football, 1966
Although he considered himself a basketball player in high school, Pat Toomay went on to have an amazing NFL career. He was a Super Bowl champion with Dallas, a member of a winless team with Tampa Bay and was coached by John Madden while in Oakland.
Top 100: Katie Smrcka-Duffy, Madison, Basketball, 1996
Record-setting Smrcka-Duffy showed competitive fire leading Madison to 1996 region title and two state finals appearances before college and pro career.
Katie Smrcka-Duffy was one of the most competitive athletes ever to come out of the Northern Region. If her play didn't show it, her mouth certainly did. Smrcka-Duffy was often the subject of media scrutiny even as just a junior and senior at Madison High School.
Top 100: Keith Burns, T.C. Williams Football, 1990
It almost seems as if Keith Burns of the Denver Broncos has been playing in the NFL forever. Well, the fact is, by NFL standards where a players' average playing career is about four years, he practically has been.
Top 100: Andy Heck, Woodson Football, 1985
After intimidating teams in the Northern Region, Heck went on to win an NCAA title and played 12 years in the NFL.
After he finished terrorizing the opposing teams' players in the Northern Region, Andy Heck spread his terror onto the top-program college stadiums across the nation. The 1985 Woodson grad's name is still spoken in reverence in the local football circles.
Top 100: Jeremy Ferry, Centreville, Wrestling, 1995
The sellout crowd of 3,850 at Oscar Smith High School in Chesapeake gave Jeremy Ferry a standing ovation. The senior from Centreville high school had just won his 126th-consecutive match to earn his third-straight AAA individual state wrestling championship.
Top 100: Pete Schourek, Marshall, Baseball, 1987
Schourek catapulted Marshall to baseball success in mid-80's before 11-year MLB career.
Pete Schourek gained national notoriety in 1995 when he finished second to Major League Baseball pitching sensation Greg Maddux in the race for the National League Cy Young Award — awarded to baseball's top pitchers each year. Schourek nailed down 18 wins that season and picked up the Game 1 victory for the Cincinnati Reds in their eventual five-game series victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Division Series.
Top 100: Rickey Harris, Centreville, Track and Field
When Centreville’s Rickey Harris was entered in a race, it was almost a foregone conclusion that he was going to win. "You almost got to the point where you didn’t watch him that much because you knew that he was going to win," said Centreville track coach Roy Ferri.
Top 100: Reggie Harrison, Washington-Lee, Football, 1969
Former Generals star had huge punt block in Super Bowl X.
Reggie Harrison found football fame as both a collegiate and a professional NFL running back. But he found his true love for the game as a high school standout at Washington-Lee in Arlington.
Top 100: Jay Franklin, Madison, Baseball, 1971
Northern Region's highest MLB draft pick continues 20-year battle with mental illness.
Each time that Jay Franklin takes a sip of his soda, he unwillingly flashes the scar on the bottom of his right arm. It’s a reminder to his mother, Pat, and sister, Trudy — sitting just feet away and listening to him tell his story — of just how bad things have gotten.
Top 100: Will Montgomery, Football
During his time at Centreville High School, there wasn’t a season that Will Montgomery didn’t excel in sports. In the fall, Montgomery was a leader on the offensive and defensive line for the Wildcats football team. During the winter, he was a starting basketball player that finished second on the team in rebounds as a senior.
Top 100: Seth Greisinger, McLean baseball, 1993
Greisinger ended a 33-year district title drought for McLean baseball before going to UVA, Olympics, and pro baseball.
The Koreans never forgot the name Seth Greisinger. But, neither did anyone else that Greisinger, a right-handed pitching sensation out of McLean, threw against in his career. In the 1996 Olympics, Greisinger held Korea's bats to seven hits and two runs to push the United States to a 7-2 victory and one step closer to an eventual bronze medal.
Top 100: Evan Royster, Football
Westfield head football coach Tom Verbanic knew what he was getting when Evan Royster showed up on the football field during the summer before Royster’s freshman year. Verbanic, who coached Evan’s older brother Brandon for four years from 1996 to 1999, was well aware of the talent that the younger Royster possessed.
Top 100: Eric Dorsey, McLean Football, 1982
Man among boys: Dorsey went from quiet kid to two-time Super Bowl champion.
What most people who knew Eric Dorsey before he went on to stardom with Notre Dame and the New York Football Giants would remember is his quiet demeanor, which was in sharp contrast to his fear-injecting football ability.
Top 100: Barry Johnson, Herndon, Football, Basketball, Soccer, 1986
Unforgettable Johnson is still the name Herndon fans remember the most.
The frigid cup of coffee sitting in front of Barry Johnson is evidence of how forgetful he is. Johnson, arguably the greatest athlete in the history of Herndon High School, strolls down memory lane, telling stories of his high school, college and National Football League careers for nearly an hour before realizing that, not only has he not tasted the cup of joe sitting in front of him, he hasn't even dashed it with any cream or sugar.
Top 100: Scottie Reynolds, Herndon Basketball, 2006
Reynolds led Herndon to regional superiority and broke 13-year McDonald's All-American drought.
Scottie Reynolds is gone now. He has left the Northern Region's gymnasiums behind. They are now only a part of his past — one that is so much more important than all the awards or games he played in.
Top 100: Sharif Karie, West Springfield, Track, 1997
Running away from a war zone in Somalia to running to titles in the U.S.
Twelve individual state titles, three team titles and two relay titles start to explain just how good of a runner Sharif Karie was. Add to that the fact that he didn't spend his entire high school career in Virginia, and he gets a little better.
Top 100: Meghan McCarthy, Robinson, Track, 1992
The stud from Robinson set the state record for individual state titles won.
Winning five state titles in one year is beyond a dream come true for any athlete. For Meghan McCarthy, a 1992 Robinson graduate, it happened in her freshman year of high school.
Top 100: Dave Koesters, West Springfield, Basketball, 1974
Over the three years that Dave Koesters spent playing basketball at West Springfield, the Spartans went 72-6. The 1974 graduate led the team to three straight region titles and two state championship games before heading to the University of Virginia.
Top 100: Bhawoh Jue, Football
During a playoff game against Herndon, Dan Meier’s Chantilly team was down 3-0 and Herndon had just taken possession of the ball at it’s own 20-yard line. Speedy Herndon running back Doug Kushin took the handoff and broke through the line of scrimmage. By midfield, Kushin was clear.
Top 100: Nick Sorenson, Marshall, Football, 1995
Nick Sorenson could never understand why anyone wouldn't want to play sports year-round while in high school. "For me, sports was it in high school," said Sorenson, who is now a free safety and team captain with the National Football League's Jacksonville Jaguars.
Top 100: Pete DeHaven, Edison, Basketball, 1970
The co-captain of Edison's 1969-70 team was integral to the Eagles' "Big Push" into the state tournament.
PRIOR TO THE state tournament, Edison had to jump two mighty high hurdles. First they had to get past West Springfield High School in the Gunston District Tournament.
Top 100: Mike Imo, Football
Just after Robinson's football team fell to Centreville in the 2000 Northern Region championship, head coach Mark Bendorf sat down next to his star running back in the locker room. Bendorf watched as Mike Imoh looked around the locker room at the forty seniors that had just played their last high school football game — a 16-13 loss.
Top 100: Damone Boone, West Springfield, Football, 1996
The Spartan rushed to many records.
"He is as good as they come." -- Lake Braddock Coach Francis Dall.
Monday, August 6
Top 100: Gerry Bertier, T.C. Williams, Football, 1972
Gerry Bertier was one of the best players and leaders on a team known as perhaps the best in the history of Virginia high school football — the 1971 T.C. Williams Titans.
Top 100: Brandon Royster, Fairfax, Football, 2000
The first play that the Fairfax Rebels ran against Paul VI during Brandon Royster’s senior season was a trick play. Quarterback Ian McAlpine tossed a pass near the sideline to wide receiver Mike Daniels, who before getting hit, tossed the ball backwards to Brandon Royster.
Top 100: Eugene Chung, Oakton, Football, 1987
Chung led Oakton football's defense and helped turn a winless Cougar program into a 9-1 regional powerhouse.
Eugene Chung was just a kid lost among the big names at Oakton High School in the late 1980's. Chung, who suffered through one of the worst losing streaks of that decade while the Cougars failed to win a game in the 1985 and 1986 football seasons, was a quiet lineman who drew no joy from grabbing headlines or even talking amongst his teammates.
Top 100: Joey Beard, South Lakes, 1993
Over the Hill: Beard, the two-time AAA state POY, is the all-time leading scorer at South Lakes.
It would come as a surprise to many that Grant Hill, a 2-time NCAA basketball champion, a 7-time NBA all-star and former Olympic basketball player, is not the all-time leading scorer in South Lakes High School's boys basketball history. That honor belongs to a 6-foot 10-inch former McDonald's All-American (1993) named Joey Beard, who recorded 2,138 points in his career — exactly 110 points more than Hill.
Top 100: Earl Lloyd, Parker Gray, Basketball, 1946
Alexandria's Lloyd is the `Jackie Robinson' of the National Basketball Association.
Many people probably do not even recognize the name Earl Lloyd. But unlike the well-recognized Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Lloyd never became a household name.
Top 100: Billy Pulsipher, Fairfax, Baseball, 1991
Despite major setbacks, the phenom pitcher found his way back to the Major Leagues.
The promising baseball career of a 1991 Fairfax graduate almost ended just as it started. Billy Pulsipher took the mound for the New York Mets in 1995, riding a wave of confidence, but injuries and depression would take a toll on his career soon after.
Top 100: Ratcliff Thomas, T.C. Williams Football, 1992
Ratcliff Thomas was a standout player on the University of Maryland football team and spent several years in the NFL for the Indianapolis Colts.
Top 100: Keith Lyle, Marshall Football, 1990
Keith Lyle spent nine years in the National Football League, most of them for the St. Louis Rams during the late 90's, as a free safety. But Lyle, remembered in the Northern Region by those that coached against him as incredibly fast, was an impressive high school quarterback before heading to the University of Virginia.
Top 100: Christy Winters, South Lakes, Basketball, 1986
Christy Winters was recently inducted into the South Lakes High School Hall of Fame as a part of the school's first Hall of Fame Class.
Top 100: Brandon Snyder, Baseball
As kids his age are enjoying the summer after their first year of college, Brandon Snyder is sitting on a bus preparing to play the Batavia Muckdogs, a single-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Friday, August 3
Top 100: Keith Moody, Herndon, Football, 1986
Moody's passion for both football and basketball took him through three colleges.
Keith Moody's talent put him in a situation that almost destroyed his athletic future and nearly kept him from becoming the first college graduate from his family.
Top 100: Michelle Griglione, T.C. Williams Swimming, 1986
World class swimmer Griglione fondly recalls her one season swimming as a Titan.
Swimmer Michelle Griglione — a perennial national team member from 1984 through '96, four-time Olympic trials competitor and a former NCAA champion — had so many wonderful accomplishments and moments throughout her illustrious swimming career.
Top 100: Ashley McCulloch, Woodson LAX, 2005
With 37 seconds left to go in the 2002 lacrosse state final, Woodson was losing by a goal to Rockbridge County. The Cavaliers would equal the score, and go on to win the state championship in overtime, thanks to a champion effort on the part of Ashley McCulloch, a freshman.
Top 100: Scott Secules, Football
Scott Secules grew up around football. He would go and watch practice while his father, Tom, was an assistant coach at Annandale High School. He would throw the ball around with the players and coaches.
Top 100: Tiombe' Hurd, West Potomac, Track, 1992
Former Wolverine star made U.S. Olympic squad on third try in 2004.
West Potomac High track and field star Tiombe' Hurd had to be talked into trying out for the Wolverines' squad as a sophomore. "She did not come out as a freshmen," said former West Potomac High head track coach Don Beeby, in a 2004 story on the former Olympian.
Top 100: Michael Jackson, South Lakes, Basketball, 1982
Twenty-four years removed and he remembers like it was yesterday. "I fouled out early," said Otto Jett, recalling his senior year playing basketball for South Lakes in 1982. "So I was sitting on the bench."
Top 100 Val Brown, Lee, Basketball, 1999
The scoring machine from R.E. Lee barely missed out on becoming the first freshman to lead the nation in scoring in NCAA Division I play.
The coaches who remember the high school basketball player with an unusual name say he was impossible to mark. Living up to his name, SirValiant Brown broke down all kinds of defenses.
Top 100: Mike Wallace, Madison, Baseball
Wallace carried Madison to Virginia's first official baseball championship before playing 117 games in the majors.
Mike Wallace won't give himself the credit he deserves. Like most professional baseball players, Wallace believes in a lot of luck and fortune. He believes that luck carried him and the Warhawks to the first Virginia High School League sponsored state championship in 1968 and luck helped Woodrow Wilson rip the title from him in 1969.
Top 100: Willie Pile, West Potomac, Football, 1998
Willie Pile, second year member of the Dallas Cowboys, can only marvel at how far the game of football has taken him in such a short time. He only first began playing as a high school freshman back in 1994 at West Potomac High School in Alexandria.
Top 100: Joe Koshansky, Baseball
Joe Koshansky was able to sum up his career as a baseball player at Chantilly High School in just one sentence: "I pitched pretty well and I hit a few home runs." Koshansky, who graduated in 2000, did much more for his team than pitch a few scoreless innings and hit a few over the fence.
Top 100: Alex Irmer, Wakefield Basketball, 2005
Wakefield High boys basketball coach Tony Bentley always understood that versatile 6-foot 7-inch Alex Irmer was much more than just another good ball player.
Top 100: Mary Yarrison, Diving, Lee 2003
The four-time high school state champion returned from injuries to continue a stellar diving career collegiately, nationally and internationally.
When she won her third diving state championship in 2002, Mary Yarrison walked away from the meet with a hint of anger. She may have won three state championships in three years, she was only a junior, but she didn't have the record yet.
Top 100: Cathron Birge, Track, Lake Braddock 1986
Teammate in an individual sport.
When the Lake Braddock girls track team won the Northern Region Championship in 1986, the lone senior was out with a mono diagnosis. Many wondered if Cathron Birge would be able to run in the following week's state championship.
Top 100: Bryant Johnson, Herndon Football, 1986
Barry Johnson, arguably Herndon High School's greatest athlete, remembers a newspaper article that tore him up inside. He doesn't remember the specifics, but he remembers reading the words as something to the effect of "There is only one Johnson at Herndon High School."
Top 100: Bob DeProspero, Robinson Wrestling, 1981
After not making the varsity wrestling team his freshman year of high school, Bob DeProspero, a 1981 Robinson graduate, went on to win all but one match in the remaining three years of his high school career.
Thursday, August 2
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Wednesday, August 1
Cancer-Free Randolph Returns to Titans
Coach missed final six games of 2011 season.
T.C. Williams head football coach Dennis Randolph was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2011, causing him to miss the final six games of the season. One year later, he's cancer-free and back coaching the Titans.
Column: Choosing My Words, Respectively
It has been brought to my attention by some regular Kenny-column readers – who are friends, too, and whose opinions I value, that my most recent batch of “cancer columns” (as I call them) were not funny; in fact, they were more depressing and negative than anything, and not nearly as uplifting and hopeful as many of my previous columns have been.