Well, I hate to — oh, wait, this just in. Brett Favre’s coming out of retirement to play for Ottawa’s expansion team in the Canadian Football League. Just kidding. In any event, I hate to say I told you so — but I told you so. When Brett switched jerseys, I predicted the New York …
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Head Coach Always Reaching for the Summitt
Long before I rooted for the Golden Eagles or the Buckeyes, I rooted for the Vols of Tennessee. The Morris family called Knoxville home in the ‘70s. My dad taught Air Force ROTC at Tennessee. One floor below his office was the basketball court and the office of Pat Head. Nowadays, you know Pat Head …
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Shine On You Crazy Diamond Anniversary
Seventy-five years ago today, Prohibition came to an end in these United States. And what better way to celebrate than going out for a drink? Such will be the case all across the country. For example, word is there will be celebrations throughout California’s wine country. If you’re a Vulcan, you have to admit that’s …
Just Like Timex
If you have not heard the story of Shane Stanford, you need to. Shane currently serves as host of The United Methodist Hour: Time That Makes The Difference from its Hattiesburg-based headquarters. The program has been a statewide and regional program for decades — and it recently went national thanks to FamilyNet. Doug’s Place Flashback: …
Congrats, Obama (even if I voted for McCain)
I’m not a political junkie and Doug Morris dot org hasn’t necessarily been a haven for political blogging. Well, save for the times I followed this gadfly’s runs for office… …and you don’t need a political science degree to understand why his runs for seats in the legislature and Hattiesburg’s city council ended in epic …
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Brett Favre and the Jets
Wow, what a saga. First he retires, then he gets the itch to come back, tries to reunite with the Packers and the Pack trades him to the Jets. At WDAM, we weren’t following a story. We were following a soap opera. So was the rest of the media in Green Bay and nationwide. Trust …
Heh, I Wish!
Even I could use a light-hearted post here. So here goes. More than two dozen people are slated to be honored with stars on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame next year. Check out the story here. As much as I’d like to take credit for one of those stars, the Doug Morris they’re referring to here …
Tim Russert: 1950-2008
In what’s become a ritual this election year, I, as producer of WDAM’s 5:00 p.m. newscast, take a feed from the NBC News Channel’s Washington D.C. office (for the record, “NBC News Channel” is the name of a feed service; not to be confused with MSNBC or CNBC) every weekday at 2:30 p.m. Usually, Steve …
Another Road Trip To Ohio
As noted on DougMorris.net, I’m taking some time off to commemorate what would’ve been a third wedding anniversary with Cindy. Geof and I are meeting up in Jackson, Tennessee – where we’ll take Mom up to Kentucky to spend the night. Then, roughly 48 hours in the Lima, Ohio area – including a visit to …
Godspeed, Dr. Kaul
Although I didn’t have him for a journalism class in my days at Southern Miss, I knew of Dr. Art Kaul. I would really get to know Dr. Kaul better through dating, and later marrying, Cindy. Long after I graduated and entered “the real world”, I can remember a time Dr. Kaul called me at …