Pummeling the pommel horse
A San Francisco sports columnist wasn’t talking about pro football, boxing or even backyard wrestling when she described “the most brutal sport I’ve ever covered.” Women’s gymnastics in the Olympics...
View ArticleOlympic-sized thoughts
By Eric Voliva Mention the word Olympics around me and I usually shrug, sigh, grunt, or use some other primitive gesture to express my general disinterest in the whole idea of competing for gold in...
View ArticleI.R. compatriot plays pirate…again
By William R. Toler Trent Woods resident and friend of the Register’s founders David Carta will reprise his role as Captain Jack at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium for the home football games of the East...
View ArticlePolice pummel Pirate fans
By William R. Toler A rush of the field by fans at East Carolina University Sept. 6 resulted in what many are calling excessive force by police officers providing security at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium....
View ArticleGestapo on the gridiron
By William R. Toler Freedom of the press doesn’t mean you get a free pass through a security check, to paraphrase an officer working security at a Jones Senior High School football game Sept. 12. As I...
View ArticleIndie wrestler needs surgery
By William R. Toler A Virginia-based independent wrestler is now fighting for health care. Chris Escobar, who has wrestled up and down the coast in Virginia and North Carolina broke his leg Feb. 28 at...
View ArticleCongress throws penalty flag
By William R. Toler As if they have nothing better to do, members of the U.S. Congress decided to enter the sports arena again on Friday. This time, instead of trying to figure out who used...
View ArticleKing James’ royal distraction
By William R. Toler Working in the mainstream media, I’m often disillusioned at what is considered news. Last month, on the call-in radio show The Rage, I lamented that while the internet “kill-switch”...
View ArticleThe more things change…
It’s now been seven years since the first issues of the Independent Register rolled off the presses at Carteret Publishing. This was after a grueling weekend of crisscrossing Craven County covering...
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