Sports

I miss Paul Newman

On October 13, 1939, McAllen lost one of its most beloved citizens, “Popeye.” He was a good-natured white bulldog, who was embraced by the multitude of McAllen High School football fans who considered him to be their mighty mascot. It was a dark Friday the 13th as hundreds of students went into mourning.

I was looking at one of the photos that a local city parks and rec program sent in for an ad recently, and this thought came to me – how lucky are American kids to have the sports programs we have available to them? Lucky beyond measure.