Suiter Joins Another Hall Of Fame

Rocky Mount native Tom Suiter was inducted into the North Carolina Broadcasters Association  Hall of Fame on Monday.  How does any one make a Hall of Fame?  In Suitors case it was relentless day after day and night after night broadcast excellence.  There is no doubt his got him over the hump fame that nobody else could touch was football Friday.

If you happen to be in any North Carolina city on any Friday night during football season there was no TV station that could even come close to give you thirty minutes of high school football high lites.  Some tried but didn't try it two years in a row.  The just plain preparation is too much for the Joe average person.  Yet Suitor did it from 1981 through last football season.  There just has to be some Bulldog in a person to do anything that long and that well.

This Thursday Coleman Pitt Post 58 will honor one of their own who was just inducted into the North Carolina American Legion Hall of Fame in March.  Grady Griffin who's birthday is Thursday  when he turns a young 86 years old.  Griffin in the past was the Post  58 Athletic officer  and Joe Bell has been the AO for I think  seven years and many days you might see Grady taking up tickets or just watching Post 58 play ball.  The ceremony honoring Grady starts at 6:45 Thursday at American Legion Field.

Today LeBron James  opted out of his contract with the Miami Heat and the world seems shocked.  Now Heat fans have to wait to see what Wade and Bosh are going to do.  I don't fault any player who test the waters to see how much they can get if money is all you want.  This year's finals proved when teams wanted to win  they will give up money  to add players who make teams better.

The Heat's trio made an average 19 million. While the Spurs trio only averaged less than 13 million.  Already Tim Duncan has approved a 10.8 million contract for next year to make sure that the Spurs can afford to have guys on the bench that make a difference in the clutch not bench Warner's.  It will be interesting to see where the Heat  goes.  Are they going for the money or more championships?