The 2000 Olympics are less than five months away, and not all of the news is good. There have been reports of ticket scandals, complaints about weeds on the canoeing course and sharks in the Sydney harbor swimming section of the triathlon. The London Telegraph also has reported plans for a violent protest by Aborigines. Two-time IAAF 400 champion Cathy Freeman of Australia is an Aborigine who has to train behind locked stadium gates and wear a wig in public so people will not recognize her. Last month, former Texas Tech football coach Spike Dykes, who grew up at Ballinger and later coached at Eastland, Ballinger, Big Spring, Coahoma and Midland Lee, was honored at a reception and contributors presented him with a new golf cart and a 2001 extended cab pickup.
Spike now lives at Horseshoe Bay and spends a lot of time on the golf course.
He needs to be on the football sidelines somewhere. E.W. Scripps Publications , All Rights Reserved. Site users are subject to our User Agreement . We also have a Privacy Policy .