Talking Sports: From Texas to Sidney-A New Beginning

Just three short weeks ago I was sitting at a computer in Austin, Texas applying for my first full time job in the news industry. I spent hours shelling out application after application to newspapers all over the nation—from Connecticut to Washington and everywhere in between.

Sitting at that computer that day, I had no idea I would end up in Sidney, Nebraska.

I’m what you might call a classic Texas boy—outside of an occasional vacation I hadn’t lived one day of my life beyond the borders of the Lone Star state until I arrived in Sidney last Saturday.

But take it from a native Texan: over the...