Month: September 2021

Ernie Kent: Never a dull moment

  Ernie Kent is in Scottsdale, Ariz., now, able to reflect on where he’s been, and where he still wants to go.   “It’s almost identical,” he said, comparing the desert weather to his seven-year fling in the ‘80s as a coach in Saudi Arabia. “You’re able to have...

Huskies, WSU: Welcome to bizarro world

  It was so weird, the 2020 Pac-12 football season: Covid postponements, a mini-season, no fans in the stands, seniors playing their senior years before their senior years.   Turns out that for us unsuspecting goofs in the state of Washington, weird was just getting underway. Has there ever...

Fantasy football: Oh, the way we were …

  For the record, I’m turning 50 this week.   No, not that 50 – I’m talking 50 years, 50 freaking consecutive seasons, of playing fantasy football. I’m not sure whether to be proud or embarrassed. It’s kind of like that ESPN-inspired slogan: Never Graduate.   Yes, I’ve been...