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Some of you live in a world in which nothing bad just happens. Somebody made it happen. Somebody did it. Somebody failed. So pass out the pitchforks and let's get them.

Sugar Ray Leonard is 55 years old and hasn't had a meaningful fight since the late 1980s. But he was the best fighter of the '80s - fast and tough, elegant and entertaining. He was legendary, and he always will be.

Maiden High senior quarterback Matt Johnson talked to Appalachian State and Elon, to East Carolina and Coastal Carolina. He knew he wanted to play college football. He didn't know where.

Go with the team with the better quarterback. That's one theory to picking an NFL winner. Who, in any sport, influences an outcome as greatly as the quarterback?

They are the young Bobcats. I hear the term so frequently, and use the term so frequently, I say we make it official. Get on your feet and meet and greet the Young Bobcats.

Stewart-Haas' three Sprint Cup drivers are answering questions Monday inside a hotel ballroom. Two of the drivers, Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman, do not wear shiny black high heels.

I've been less than scintillating during the playoffs. I went 3-1 the first week and 2-2 the second. I missed Denver's victory against Pittsburgh and last week both NFC games.

The great crew chiefs make consistently good calls. On Friday night, NASCAR made one, too.

I wrote for Thursday's Observer about the men's basketball team on the Johnson & Wales Charlotte campus. The Wildcats have played varsity ball for two seasons.

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Tom Sorensen
Tom Sorensen has been a columnist at The Observer for 20 years and has been at the paper for 25, writing about nearly every sport in the Carolinas.