For their first Christmas together in 1968, his wife, Marleen, asked Cliff Perkall what she should give him. ...more

October 27, 2008

Following the advice of his famous father's coaching staff, who are now his assistants, the university's head coach had stubbornly stuck with a "three yards and a cloud of dust" offense even when scores became lopsided against his team. After going 1-79 over the past eight seasons, the coach reached mandatory retirement age and the trustees who comprise the selection committee are down to two candidates, after passing on the two that most felt were at the top of the list. ...more

August 30, 2008

OKEECHOBEE — Seth Abeln can get under the skin of any pitcher in Dixie baseball when he gets on base, as he is famous for turning a single into a run. ...more

July 3, 2008

Splashing through a shallow creek in suburban New Jersey, the paleontologists stepped back 65 million years to the time of the last mass extinction, the one notable for the demise of the dinosaurs. ...more

November 11, 2007

The noise came suddenly from beneath my Jeep, a grinding, high-pitched squeal that fit somewhere between fingernails raked across a chalk board and the angry utterance of a 2-year-old denied his will. ...more

November 10, 2007