tribute Stories - Burnt Orange Nation
The Ultimate Warrior posts "Macho Man" Randy Savage tribute video
Warrior, the man born Jim Hellwig and one of Randy Savage's greatest rivals in wrestling as The Ultimate Warrior, has posted an emotional video (in two parts on YouTube) where he addresses the death of Randy Savage. These videos are a must-watch, as he discusses their friendship, working...
Thank You Willie Mitchell
A sad day for me. I was clinging to a faint hope that the Canucks and Willie Mitchell could get something done but in the end it was not enough cap space for Mike Gillis, apparently not worth the risk, and the Los Angeles Kings won the bidding war and decided to take the gamble. Mitchell didn't...
Saying Goodbye to A Friend, Warts and All
In your dreams, Buddy. Only in your dreams...... Today I say goodbye to my good friend Tim. He'd been my neighbor for the past 15 years until he passed away on God Friday last week at the age of 53 after losing his battle with pancreatic cancer. I thought I'd tell you something about...
Favorite Memory of Kevin Durant...
...as we did for Vince, the BON authors wanted to put up some of our favorite memories over Kevin Durant. Like 54b did, I'm going to focus on a game--and a moment--that might not be the first thing that pops into your mind when you think about KD's time at Texas. Forget the "ONLY ONE YEAR!"...
Tribute to a Legend, Part 1: Favorite Aspects of the Phillip Fulmer Era
When a coach runs a program for 17 years in a "talent-poor" state that wins a national championship, wins 150 games total, has one of the best tenures in SEC history, and gets noted for building up the "USC of the '90s", he has produced one of the greatest coaching tenures in the roughly 120...
In Tribute
On a night when many players and some entire teams -- nine of them -- honored the legacy of Jackie Robinson by wearing his retired number 42, Derrek Lee, who you see above (along with the Reds' Ken Griffey, Jr., also wearing 42), smashed a three-run homer in the fifth inning, bringing the Cubs...




















