Talent Is Not A Number

One of the things I always look forward to is heading back to my alma mater, Wartburg College, to take part in Scholarship Day. The campus holds three of these days between November and February. High school seniors and juniors come to Wartburg to participate in several events and do interviews. The interviews are based…

That One Night I Stopped By Bru’s Desk…

Three weeks ago, Amy Jennings, Eric Olmscheid, Emily Abbas, and I were invited by Des Moines Register business writer Lynn Hicks to take a tour through The Des Moines Register after a “14 People to Watch in 2014” panel at Capital Square. I had toured the new Register offices before (thanks to Josh Hafner), but I decided to go…

The Voices Of An Era

It’s going to take a while to wrap my mind around the fact Jim Zabel has died, even though he was 91 years old. – Mike Hlas, Cedar Rapids Gazette Thursday night was an evening I did not want to happen. As it has been said, all good things must end, but as Mike Hlas…

One More Ride

Nine NCAA Division III national titles. 20 consecutive Iowa Conference championships. 164 consecutive Iowa Conference dual wins. 70 Academic All-Americans. 34 Individual national champions. Nearly 100 former wrestlers are coaching on the high school or college level. Not too bad for a guy who hails from Waterloo, Iowa. Jim Miller has had one hell of…

Sunday Sports Leisure Reading – March 25, 2012

I haven’t done one of these for awhile, but there’s plenty of stuff going on that’s flying under the radar. Deadspin this week profiled two former Drake Basketball greats in their series, “Tell Me When It’s Over”.  Willie Wise and current Drake color analyst Dolph Pulliam recalled their run to the Final Four and facing…