David HinckleyOne More Old Guy Eulogizes One More Print NewspaperIt’s not a good look to help create a problem and then complain about it.19h ago119h ago1
David HinckleyFernando Valenzuela. 1981 World Series. Game 3.For some baseball players, even good ones, creating a personality can be harder than hitting a backdoor slider.Oct 241Oct 241
David HinckleyBaseball All by Itself is Interesting Enough For Most of Us. Apparently It Wasn’t For Pete Rose.Anyone who has ever played almost anything knows the phrase “Let’s make it interesting.”Oct 131Oct 131
David HinckleyCissy Houston’s Music Was Not Just a Footnote to Whitney’sThe late Luther Vandross was 12 or 13, he recalled in a 1982 interview, when he first fell in love with Cissy Houston. Or at least Cissy…Oct 10Oct 10
David HinckleyIn a Kris Kristofferson Song, a Hard Life Never Made You a LoserLet’s just say Kris Kristofferson didn’t have the typical country music resume.Oct 1Oct 1
David HinckleyRemembering When Country Music Was ‘Hillbilly’ — And Was GreatI’m here today for two reasons, and the first is to say a few kind words about Gid Tanner’s Skillet Lickers, Charlie Poole’s North…Sep 291Sep 291
David HinckleyAmong So Many Other Good Things, Maggie Smith Looked Her AgeOf the many good professional decisions that Dame Maggie Smith made in her life, one of the best was skipping plastic surgery.Sep 281Sep 281
David HinckleyTommy Cash: Walking the Line WhenYour Brother Is JohnnyThe Major League Baseball record for most home runs by two brothers is 768. Hank Aaron had 755 and Tommie Aaron had 13.Sep 17Sep 17
David HinckleyThen There Was the Time James Earl Jones Couldn’t Find His VoiceIt was four days after Christmas 1993 and James Earl Jones was saying he couldn’t get his voice to do what he wanted it to do.Sep 12Sep 12
David HinckleyMaking Music is the Important Part. Documenting It is Not Nothing.There are people who listen to music and then there are people who are obsessed with knowing everything about the music to which they are…Sep 9Sep 9