SPORTS FOLDEROL

  So, The Washington Post joined The New York Times in  eliminating its sports section because … it couldn’t afford  it? Get serious More to the point, potential readers are getting younger  and no longer take time (or have time) to digest the  morning paper. Those that  CAN  read, that is. They prefer to be informed by cable news, in simple  terms, quickly, without being burdened by in-depth  coverage or much thought … I mean, why bother to be  challenged when someone else can/will do your thinking  for you? Sorry to say, most of the old timers the memory man  knows no longer subscribe to the paper … turned off  originally by liberal content that turns just about  everything that used to be straight reporting into a bias  that should be labeled  OPINION  but seldom is. Speaking of The Times-Dispatch … the local rag  certainly was ahead of its time, among the industry’s  leaders in cutting bac...

  Again … in no particular order … “ MR. MODIFIED,” the late  RAY HENDRICK , finally  was inducted into NASCAR’s Hall of Fame last week …  and becomes only the eighth driver who specialized in  modified/sportsman competition to have the honor since  the initial class in 2010. He should have been the first. The native Richmonder won more than 700 races …  according to the NASCAR news release but probably  won a lot more … from 1950 through 1988 … running  primarily in the mid-Atlantic area at Southside Speedway,  South Boston Speedway and points north. There was no one better. Or, intimidating. Had Richmond’s bid to build the hall of fame been  accepted (over Charlotte, N.C.), there seems little doubt  Hendrick would have been enshrined much sooner. ACC COMMISSIONER  JIM PHILLIPS  says Notre  Dame has patched up its differences with the league after  AD  PETE BEVACQUA  accused it of creating  “...

  In no particular order … one more time … Boy, did coach  MIKE RHOADES ’ Penn State basketball  team look terrible for a half Monday night at Ohio State.  Hardly resembling his previous entries at Randolph-Macon,  Rice and VCU, the Nittany Lions didn’t show much interest  in playing defense. With the ball, they weren’t much better,  if at all. Midway the middle-of-the-pack Buckeyes led 50-32, hitting  6 of 11 three-point attempts and 67.1 percent overall. It had  been too easy for the home team … which allowed Penn  State back in the game, cutting the deficit to one (60-59)  with 10:38 to go. But OSU point guard  JOHN MOBLEY JR ., who had 13  points in the first half, finally scratched in the second with a  pair of free throws then hit a long three followed by a layup.  He finished with a game-high 25 points … and Penn State  remained winless (now 0-9) in the Big 10 (9-11 overall). The final was 84-79, and ...