What’s In A Name? by Larry Carlson (lc13@txstate.edu) “That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.” So said Billy Shakespeare’s Juliet to Romeo. But, Julie Baby, many of us would disagree. I mean, would the Rose Bowl be nearly as cool if it were the old Poulan…
Were I ranking all these East Texas players on pro careers, things could be, would be greatly different. Some guys were “only” great college players. College careers are what I based my picks on. Otherwise, for one example, Bradley would be the first team in the defensive backfield. But at Texas, he only played there…
View fullsize Larry – Fred Akers View fullsize Larry – Randy McEachern Lone Star Longhorn Legends from Little Towns by Larry Carlson In the Texas of old and the Lone Star State of novels and Hollywood — “Giant,” written by Edna Ferber and then filmed near Marfa with Liz Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean…
THE BALLYARD AND THE GRAVEYARD by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) Oakwood Cemetery Disch-Falk It had been a long time since I had been to “The Disch” for a Longhorn baseball game. An embarrassingly long time, really. Dog years. I mean, I’ve been keeping up with the hardball Horns since I was a teenager and…