Clay Horning wrote a new blog post: Big 12 Media Days, Day 2 (Running)   9 months, 3 weeks ago

Before we get going, forgive the mistakes.
Blogging can be a rough draft. Yesterday I said Mike Gundy had the league’s best “taylor.” Unless his tailor’s name is Taylor, that was kind of embarrassing. So, you know, give me a break.
Whoops.
Here we go.
Tommy Tuberville went first today and the Texas Tech coach remains great copy. The [...]

Clay Horning wrote a new blog post: The Big 12 Circus   9 months, 4 weeks ago

DALLAS — This, I was not fully prepared for.
This was something new and different.
I haven’t been to every single Big 12 football media days but I’ve been to most of them since coming to The Transcript in 1997 and it’s never been like this, not really. Somehow, it seems twice as big as any previous [...]

Clay Horning wrote a new blog post: Live from Dayton … Thoughts on people watching   1 year, 1 month ago

Actually, I arrived here Wednesday evening.
That’s a first for me, actually staying on the road.
I drove through the night from Charlottesville back to Baltimore and turned my car in at 3:30 a.m., then flew to Chicago at 11:30 a.m., and from Chicago to Dayton around 3:30 p.m. I am booked to return Sunday flying out [...]

Clay Horning wrote a new blog post: Still courtside, still in Charlottesville   1 year, 1 month ago

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Because no matter how much you love bookstores you can only hang out at Barnes and Noble for so long, I was the first media member to walk into John Paul Jones Arena today. I’m not sure all who’ve walked in since, as I’ve been hanging courtside since walking in because the [...]

Clay Horning wrote a new blog post: Courtside in Charlottesville   1 year, 2 months ago

It’s early, but Gardner-Webb is hanging with Miami. Maybe the Bulldogs will be done by the time this post is written (just saw a Miami player try a reverse layup; the ball sailed over the backboard; that’s a first in any game I’ve ever covered or even witnessed), we’ll see.
Couple of observations.
John Paul Jones Arena [...]