Friday, Richard "Racehorse" Haynes died at the age of 90. If you're an attorney or follower of the legal world, the name resonates loudly, and for a few weeks in November 2008, his voice softly echoed in a Bryan courtroom during one of the biggest trials in the region's history. He also joked about suing me. Repeatedly. Here's some background on Haynes. As he explained to Super Lawyers, he got the Racehorse nickname not for any legal act or achievement, but because he was the

ESPN and SportsCenter are a big part of why I got into the communications business. Each morning as a child, SportsCenter was appointment viewing before the ride to school. Subconsciously, I was studying it, along with Tom Brokaw in the evenings at the dinner table. That's not the world we live in now. The changes we have seen in media and its consumption in the last 20-25 years have been remarkable. The internet and its reach may be the most significant change in media since

In the latest years of his life, President George H.W. Bush has, like most, felt the weight of age. At this moment, he is in the midst of his latest visit to a Houston hospital, though the prognosis is good. The president is the reason I rarely get star struck, and I'm thankful for that emotional evolution and how it came about. The first celebrity I got to interview as a professional was Chuck Norris in June 2004. "Walker, Texas Ranger" is a favorite of my grandparents, so i