SportsTalk with J.J. and Bonzai Ben

11/01/2024

It’s time to play the Name Game with local high school football rosters. Today’s SBJ column -

Imagine the confusion that breaks loose at a Haughton football practice when first year coach Matthew Sewell calls for a player and doesn’t do a great job of enunciating. If he yells out something …

11/01/2024

It’s time to play the Name Game with local football roster! Today’s SBJ column --

https://shreveportbossierjournal.com/2024/11/01/you-name-it-local-football-rosters-have-it/

10/04/2024

Way to go Major League Baseball. Just when it looked like you had come to your senses, you double down on absurdity. Today SBJ column -

Hey, Major League Baseball, you’re kidding right? Please tell me I’m not seeing what I’m thinking I’m seeing. There are now logos on the batting helmets for every team throughout the post-season? T…

10/04/2024

It was an interesting night in SoBo last night as two undefeated teams collided.

DUDLEY DOES RIGHT: Parkway’s C.J. Dudley prepares to take on Byrd’s Kaien Abraham-Miller (Journal photo by JOHN JAMES MARSHALL) By JOHN JAMES MARSHALL, Journal Sports It’s been a compl…

09/27/2024

Watching what has happened to the Oakland A’s brings back memories … and not necessarily good ones. Today’s SBJ Column:

They played the last major league baseball game ever in Oakland Thursday. The A’s plan to move to Sacramento for three years as they await a stadium – which isn’t even in the planning stages yet – …

09/25/2024

Justin “Champ” doesn’t just have one story you won’t believe — he has three. How the Northwood junior has dealt with them is even more impressive.

FAMILY TIES: Justin Thomas and his father Hosie have learned all about life’s blessings. (Journal photo by JOHN JAMES MARSHALL) By JOHN JAMES MARSHALL, Journal Sports It doesn’t take long a…

09/18/2024

There’s another side to high school football that many people never see. It’s in Plain Dealing. And you should see it.

CLOSE EYE: Plain Dealing coach Clint Walker watches as his Lions practice a kickoff. (Journal photo by JOHN JAMES MARSHALL) By JOHN JAMES MARSHALL, Journal Sports PLAIN DEALING – It is a warm Septe…

09/13/2024

OK sports people, The Czar is now in charge and here’s some items in the platform.

After many years of campaigning, I’m hopeful that my efforts are about to pay off in my never-ending endeavor to become Czar of Sports. (I liked “King” better, but the powers that be went with the …

09/11/2024

Captain Shreve quarterback Brodie Savagevdud something quite unusual immediately after last week’s win over Ouachita. Todays SBJ feature -

ALMOST A UNICORN: Captain Shreve quarterback Brodie Savage, who has bounced back from a season-ending injury, is a rare personality not only for the Gators, but in the prep ranks. (Journal photo …

09/06/2024

Half of my childhood family has today (September 6) as their birthday. I remember when Ben was seven-teen; now he’s seven-ty? Hard to believe. Shown here with our birthday girl mother in perhaps the last time she was able to keep her oldest son still.

08/30/2024

The death of Bernie Glieberman reminds us of an interesting time in Shreveport sports history.

Shreveport never figured out Bernie Glieberman. Bernie Glieberman never figured out Shreveport. It was 30 years ago when he brought an expansion Canadian Football League team to town, a two-year ma…

08/23/2024

Would we really miss August if we just skipped it? Today’s SBJ column -

We need to make a calendar adjustment. I’m sure Julius Caesar or whoever it was who came up with this 12-month thing had good intentions, but it’s become obvious that we have one too many months. W…

08/16/2024

There’s a lot of heat happening in high school football these days. Not all of it involves the outside temperature. Today’s SBJ column -

The alarm has been going off a little earlier than usual at the Dennis house these days. Actually, a lot earlier. “Four o’clock,” says Huntington football coach Stephen Dennis. It’s not because he …

08/09/2024

The Olympic athletes have been impressive for more than one reason. Today’s SBJ column -

Part of being a halfway-respectable sports writer is admitting when you were wrong. I was wrong. I gave up on the Olympics many an Olympiad ago. After spending the formative years grinding it every…

07/26/2024

Why they let us do this I’ll never know. But lots of us sure are glad they did.

If you didn’t get a chance to be a part of it, you’d never believe it. But trust me when I tell you that the greatest summertime activity in recorded history took place right here in Shreveport dur…

07/09/2024

In case you missed it, today’s story on Robert Williams III, North Caddo product and 6-year NBA player:

MAKING MEMORIES: North Caddo High School product Robert Williams III, preparing for his seventh NBA season, posed for a photo with every kid at his basketball camp Monday hosted by LSUS. (Photo by…

05/31/2024

Things haven’t always gone as planned for Peyton Stovall at Arkansas … and he’s very thankful for that. From today’s Shreveport Bossier Journal:

BACK AMONG THE BEST: After overcoming plenty of tough breaks in three years at Arkansas, Haughton’s Peyton Stovall ranks among the top MLB Draft prospects at second base as the Razorbacks open NCAA…

05/17/2024

Jason Brotherton knew what he wanted to say to his Haughton team when he announced he was stepping down. He just wasn’t prepared for what happened next. Today’s SBJ column -

When it comes to that gut-wrenching last conversation with his team, a high school football coach can prepare, but being prepared is a whole different matter. Say this, say that. Read the room. Get…