The Bob Lee RSS Feed National Signing Day.... YUCK!
..... I nominate National Signing Day as THE #1 Sign of America’s Cultural Apocalypse.  It is more insulting to Black America than Amos’n Andy.  High Academia prostitutes itself on the altar of abject hypocrisy.  .... “Yeah, we know these kids are functionally illiterate; but, hey, they can “tackle in space” and “bench press a Bu...]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:57:30 GMT Jan 30:  It has become a tradition in American sports spectatoring in late January – The Lost Weekend.  Millions of big HD flat-screens from Atlantic to Pacific hungry for something to show.  Our options:  bowling, Euro-tennis, whozit golf, and sports’s version of “cruel & unusual punishment” – The Pro Bowl.  Aarrgghh!

I appreciate that it...]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:13:20 GMT Carl Hiaasen's Twin !
...... Are you a fan of gonzo novelist Carl Hiaasen?  Carl’s writes bizarre stories of certified nutjobs doing goofy stuff in Florida.  He manages to stay just ahead of reality with his off-beat yarns.   I found Carl Hiaasen's evil twin – Tim Dorsey.
   I discovered Tim Dorsey and his Serge A. Storm a few weeks ago.  Serge and his goofy pal, Lennie, are way more t...]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:47:59 GMT Jan 23:  Joe Paterno is dead.  Following twelve bizarre hours of “is he, isn’t he”, he now apparently officially IS.  Considering the mondo-bizarro twists in JoePa’s legacy over the past six months should we have expected any different ending? 

 Catching an ESPN obituarial special Sunday morning, I was struck with odd tangential connections &lsq...]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:41:41 GMT Classic NFL uniforms
....... it occurred to me while watching Giants v Packers how classic and classy all NFL unis are.  The color combinations and logos “mean something” and are enduring.  Unlike the scary trend in college FB unis (thank you Phil Knight!)..... Maybe it’s because the NFL does not make its brand identification decisions based on fashion whims of semi-literate 18 y/os.&n...]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:13:09 GMT Jan 16:  “BobLee, what’s the deal with the umbrella?” - “Whoa Doc; don’t even start with the whys.  Once you start it will never end.  This is The Night Of 1,000 Whys.”

   Our annual column on The George Whitfield Baseball Clinic ‘Cue & Puppy Gobble & Giant Plaque Giveaway in Goldsboro. ...]]> Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:43:07 GMT A No Tebow/No Butch Rimshots. 

Penn State Hires “a John Bunting”
...... I’m sure Bill O’Brian is a fine fellow who knows football.  I’m sure Bill can analyze film, diagram plays, blow a whistle and knows the fundamentals of blocking, tackling and the cover 2 defense... but the man stepping into the minefield of ...]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:00:33 GMT Jan 9:  A pal and I were driving back from a recent sortie into Orange County when the odd question arose “What are such/such celebrities doing right now?” <...]]> Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:44:51 GMT UNBROKEN..... is the true story of Louis Zamperini’s ordeal as an army airman in the Pacific in WWII.  It is a riveting story but NOT for ever...]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:14:37 GMT Jan 2:  The headline – Internet Provocateur (aka Me) Named Bowl Czar – is fictitious.  It could never happen any more than - Joe Biden Sworn In As VP.  Oops, bad example.  But it’s a New Year and an Internet provocateur’s fancy “Christmas In Shreveport" – Ouch
...... about as festive as Christmas in Teheran or the Hindu Kush.  The immediate reaction of TrueBlues to the funeral dirge ...]]> Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:44:14 GMT

    Christmas is an aromatic season … cedar trees, cookies baking in the oven, crackling fireplaces, and that special smell of a brand new baseball glove! ..I was doing some almost last minute shopping and wandered into a local Dick’s Sporting Goods. ...]]> Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:35:17 GMT Crockpots & Scary Bridges
...... It has not escaped me how much you folks enjoyed chatting recently about crockpots and scary bridges.  There ARE plenty of fun subjects to discuss that teardown the parti...]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:29:50 GMT Dec 20:  Delete one item from the BobLee will never ever do list.  I have often maint...]]> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:48:21 GMT Injuries In Football
...... The obvious increases in injuries in college/NFL football is simple physics.  The combatants keep getting bigger, faster, stronger thru various advances in training; BUT their knees, shoulders, heads et al remain vulnerable.  Ligaments and bones don’t get stronger but are more and more at risk to g...]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:00:18 GMT MON 12/12:  After many months of “The Agony of ....”, UNC fans finally got a taste of “The Thrill of...." sports this past week amid Kenan’s Lofty Pines. WED 12/07:  "Dec 7th" – A Day That Will Live In Infamy... and The Day - Bubba Cunningham signed Larry Fedora as UNC’s next Football Coach.
   BobL...]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:02:32 GMT MON 12/05:  I miss “the old days”.  Dickie Baddour conducting a coach search was akin to me cooking Thanksgiving dinner- a Dee-saster from the get-go. 
  Regardless how bone-deep sincere Dickie, or I, might be to get it right,&n...]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:12:49 GMT ORSW
...... Ol’ Roy Said WHAT?   Among Life’s delightful predictables are Ol’ Roy’s annual Ol’ Roy Rants.  Roy has become the Puxatawny Phil of “How come he said that?”  This year’s of...]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:53:49 GMT Nov 27:  Veni Vedi (“I came, I saw”) Death Valley  - LSU’s Tiger Stadium.  I was smack dab “on the 50” for this weekend’s LSU v Arkansas game in Baton Rouge.  I’m glad I did.  If you ever have the opportunity, you should.  Was it the most awesome Gameday Experience I’ve MON 11/21:  I realize it’s a few days early for a “I’m thankful for _____” column.  We normally don’t get into that until we sit down on Thursday with all the family and some goober gets the whizbang idea to “lets go around the table and everyone say More To Come?
.... Is this IT for Butch Makes A Fool Of Himself Again?  No, absolutely not.  This latest stunt will inspire Butch-believers to (1) sign over their welfare checks .... (2) send him spare kidneys ..... and (3) hold 24/7 candlelight vigils outside his Meadowmont condo.  It...]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:33:25 GMT NEVER doubt BobLee.  I warned you a week ago that Butchie Boy was “up to something”.

    Nov 14:  Blondie loves Mad Men – the TV show.  “Mad Men” = The Men of Madison Avenue -  “Madison Avenue” long a synonym for America’s consumer advertising and marketing industry.   Alas, the real Mad Men don’t love Blondie or Thurs: 11/10:  What can I possibly say about The Penn State Situation that hasn’t been said?  When ESPNMars and The Food Network are both running Paterno Marathons that’s a pretty good indication it’s super saturated our society. 
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