Sunday, December 26, 2010

Here's a question for you...


What does the only person in history to win both a major pro sports championship and a major entertainment award have in common with the only basketball player in NCAA history, male or female, to record 2,000 points and 1,000 assists in his or her career?

OK, stop the "think music" from Jeopardy! The answer is: they share the same last name.

While Buddy Wayne Barefoot is a fictional character, Karen Barefoot is a real person. Her career numbers came at Division III Christopher Newport College in the Hampton Roads of Virginia, where she played in the early 1990s.

Today, she is the head women's basketball coach at Elon University in North Carolina. The nearest city to the campus is Burlington, about five miles away.

At these sites, you can read her official biography and see an interview with her from last season.

Friday, December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas!

On behalf of Buddy Wayne Barefoot and his cast of characters, I wish all of you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

I found a fascinating article about how Christmas was celebrated in the early years of the United States. You can find it here.