Back ... with inspiration

I took a short break from this blog because, quite frankly, I haven't been inspired by much. Manti Te'o's story was more sad than anything. Alabama's dominance was expected. Didn't care for either of the Super Bowl teams and the college basketball season? I'm just not feeling it. Probably the most fired up I've been over sports lately was the football recruiting season. I thought Bret Bielema finished strong for Arkansas. The Alex Collins' "mama drama" is embarrassing on a number of levels but props to the kid for handling it with class. To be honest, I haven't blogged much because I've been busy with my latest book, "Blackport." I'm about thirty-thousand words into it after finally getting into a bit of a flow. And, the area high school basketball season is in its home stretch. The district tournament is this week followed by the regional and state tournaments. The absolute dominance by Norphlet's girls has made the regular season insignificant, unless you were enamored by the battle for second place between Strong and Parkers Chapel. To be honest, I enjoyed the battle for second more than I thought I would. PC and Strong gave me two really good, intense battles and probably saved the season for me. As for the postseason, for me, it's all about the Lady Leopards. Undefeated and untested, Norphlet has a real shot of making a long run in the state tournament. Of course, they were in the same situation last year and flamed out in the first round. They're seniors this year so, I think it'll be different. At least, I hope so. Either way, they have my attention and my interest. Because of them, I'm looking forward to the next couple of weeks of basketball. Since this is what I get paid to cover, that's a good thing.