Recent content by garyparrish

Everybody, like Wetzel said, has a Craig Stanke story. He was a tremendous journalist and boss with a unique ability to tell you what to do without making it feel like he was telling you what to do. And he was always right. Writers tend to question editors, fair or not. But I don't ever remember...

How about one more nice Jeff story? A year or so ago, my wife was taking a class at Ole Miss and somehow ended up working on a group project about Barry Bonds, of all people. One of the group's reading assignments was Jeff's book on Bonds, and for the project the group was supposed to record an...

I'm enjoying watching the back and forth; I love this debate. And while observing I thought I might be able to at least end one point of contention, the one about Blake Griffin. No doubt, he improved in college. But understand that when Jeff Capel started calling around after Blake's freshman...

This is kinda neat, if you're interested. The local alternative weekly -- The Memphis Flyer -- did an obit last week based on the idea that Elvis lived until 2007. It's long, but clever and a nice read. http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/Content?oid=oid%3A31951

Thought I'd chime in on this one. I have a cousin named Michael who was born Aug. 15, 1977 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. On the following day my parents loaded their 8-month-old son (that was me) into the car and drove to the hospital to see the newborn. They visited, took pictures...