Category: Sports Pages

• Don’t Waste Your Sports

  There are seemingly few resources that help the athlete and the fan channel an enthusiasm for sports to the glory of God.  Many misapply Philippians 4.13, taking it out of context, disconnecting it from it’s gospel purpose, and using it as if it is merely a self-help positive thinking slogan.  Others assume that sports are…

  Dennis Griffith

  January 18, 2011

  Christian Life, Spiritual Formation, Sports Pages

  Athletics, C.J. Mahaney, Christians & Athletics, Christians & Sports, Don’t Waste Your Sports, Game Day for the Glory of God, Glorifying God, sports, Steven Altrogge

• Under the Spell of the Wizard of Westwood

    He was known as a wizard – the Wizard of Westwood.  I am not sure how that moniker came to be attached to him, except that this pithy alliteration well described his mastery of the the basketball court as coach of the UCLA Bruins.  But that nickname seems to have rung true for another reason. By…

  Dennis Griffith

  June 6, 2010

  Leadership, Sports Pages

  John Wooden, Leadership, Pyramid of Success, UCLA, UCLA Basketball, UCLA Bruins, Wooden’s Pyramid of Success

• Sullivan Central’s Andrew Griffith Latest Local Brevard Signee

  By Steve Wilmoth – TriCitiesSports.com With a head coach and three assistants with ties to the Northeast Tennessee area, Brevard College has made serious in-roads acquiring local talent for their 2010 football recruiting class. The latest is Sullivan Central wide receiver/defensive back, Andrew Griffith, who inked with the Tornados in ceremonies at school on Friday. Griffith…

  Dennis Griffith

  February 21, 2010

  College Football, Personal, Sports Pages

  Andrew Griffith, Arrick Blevins, Brevard College, emory & Henry College, Geneva College, Isaac Bowman, Joel Shrum, Marshall Doss, Paul Hamilton, Sullivan Central high School, Teddy Gaines, Tri Cities Sports, University of the Cumberlands

• Jimmy V Week for Cancer Research

  According to ESPN, this is Jimmy V Week.  It is a week when ESPN, in conjunction with the V Foundation, remember former North Carolina State Basketball Coach Jim Valvano, and raise funds for Cancer Research.  Watch Coach V’s powerful message that kicked off this foundation shortly before his passing in ’93:  I don’t comment about it…

  Dennis Griffith

  December 3, 2008

  Cancer, Sports Pages

  Cancer, Cancer Research, Jim Valvano Speech, Jimm Valvano, Jimmy V, Jimmy V Week, V Foundation

• Gridiron Warriors

  The final game of my sons’ 2008 football season has come and gone.  While in most respects it was a disappointing season for their teams, both of them accounted for themselves fairly well.  This picture above was taken after the final game – a “W”.  It was special because our younger son, Matthew, a Freshman, who…

  Dennis Griffith

  November 3, 2008

  Personal, Sports Pages

  Andrew Griffith, Football, Matthew Griffith, Sullivan Central Cougars, Sullivan Central high School

• Good Knight, Coach

    Hall of Fame basketball coach, Bob Knight, resigned from his post at Texas Tech yesterday morning, after 40+ years of coaching.   Knight, never lacking for a surrounding of controversy, was the winningest men’s basketball coach in history, having chalked-up  “W” #902 last Saturday.  (Tennessee’s Pat Summitt is the winningest basketball coach.)  He was crude, harsh,…

  Dennis Griffith

  February 5, 2008

  Sports Pages

  Basketball Coach Resigns, Bobby Knight, Coach Bob Knight, College basketball, Indiana Basketball, Indiana University, NCAA Basketball, Texas Tech Basketball, Texas Tech University