If you haven’t already seen the vicious hit on the ref that got Edinburg High booted from the playoffs despite its win last Thursday against PSJA High, then just go to Youtube and type in “Edinburg Bobcat Emmanuel Duron.” The vids will pop up at the top of the screen.
Thirty-five years after making his professional boxing debut in 1985 as an 18-year-old who would go on to win 26 of his first 28 fights, Mike Tyson was back in the ring Saturday night in LA fighting Roy Jones, Jr. If you add their ages together, you arrive at 105. So give them credit, even if the match (judged a draw) involved more hugging and clutching than actual solid punches thrown during more than eight two-minute rounds.
PHARR - The pandemic has created an athletic season like no other, but two PSJA runners have worked tirelessly to qualify for the Cross-Country State Meet, nonetheless.
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 25 years since Jerry Jones’ Dallas Cowboys won a conference championship (1995); the same year they went on to win the Super Bowl. Since then, Da Boys have won seven division championships, but failed to win the conference game, blocking the way to another Super Bowl appearance and a Super Bowl ring for Tony Romo, which he deserved, but could never acquire. Why did Jerry keep a big-game loser, choke artist, on the sidelines as head coach for 10 years (Jason Garrett), well, you’d have to ask Jerry.
Sometimes I got lucky in life. The times I saw Bob Gibson pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field, I count that as luck. I think I saw him pitch about three times in the very early 1970s. The games were really good when it was Gibson going up against the Cubs’ Fergie Jenkins.
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