Its Friday. In Texas. That can mean only one thing. High School Football under the lights! Texans love their football and have produced a litany of greats. Why, in the past 8 years one half of the Heisman winners were raised in the state of Texas. RG3 in 2011, Johnny Manziel ’12, Baker Mayfield ’17,... Continue Reading →
The Pride of a Guardian Angel
We had been looking forward to Friday for quite some time, a women's basketball game between Columbia University and Dartmouth College, an Ivy League matchup. As the day arrived, a Nor’easter blew in and and shut down the town and the basketball game. My thoughts? I figured there must be a Slagle in town. There... Continue Reading →
The House that Ruth Built, the Mick, and little Tippy
When I was a kid growing up my favorite baseball team was the New York Yankees. I was 8 years old and Mickey Mantle was my hero. Mickey was from Oklahoma, just like me. I liked all the Yankees, Yogi Berra, Roger Maris, and Whitey Ford…all of them. On some earlier visits here to New... Continue Reading →