Stories from Saturday, November 22, 2008

DULUTH, Minn. -- Chadron State football coach Bill O'Boyle knows his team will be the underdog on Saturday in the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs when the Eagles take on Minnesota Duluth on the shores of Lake Superior.

Some golfers would kill to make the PGA Tour. J.P. Hayes wouldn't even tell a little white lie. The Appleton, Wis., native has earned more than $7 million in professional golf, but his honesty cost him a spot on the PGA Tour this year. Hayes was well on his way back to the PGA Tour until one night, after a "Q School" tournament, he noticed he had accidentally used an experimental Titleist ball on two shots in the tournament. It hadn't offered any advantages; in fact, he made a bogey with it...

Before I go further, I want to assure you that I don't use the term "kids" in a disparaging way. Some young people are insulted when they're called kids and that's not the intent here at all. To illustrate what I mean, there's a fellow that sometimes shows up at one of the local watering holes who's pushing 90 and, when he does, he instructs the bartender to "give these kids what they want." Kids in this case meaning anyone younger than him which everyone there is. ...

You will be 21 years old very soon. I can't believe that so much time has gone by already. It seems like just yesterday when you were sitting in a stroller, chewing on my purse handle, and drooling every time you smiled. Oh, I understand why: You didn't have any teeth to hold in all that "happy juice"...

Gabe Sehnert maneuvers the ball through McCook Community College basketball players like Kyle Warren, left, of Gamebridge, Ontario, Canada, during a fun game of basketball at McCook St. Patrick's Catholic school Friday afternoon. St. Pats girls and boys teamed up with the MCC mens basketball team, while parents and families cheered the teams on. ...