Columns

The late, Great Cookie Swap

I recently found myself craving cookies. I’m in the middle of a contest at my gym, so I can’t have cookies or anything that makes me happy. I even told Tony that I wanted to bake some cookies and bring them to the office so that I could at least see others enjoy my cookies.

The Marks Post: Me, Billy, and Jeaux

I was always the little fat kid running around Sacred Heart while in school. I was picked on, made fun of, and bullied on a regular occurrence and was always the last one picked to play basketball or anything else during P.E. P.E.

The Marks Post: Things for which I am most thankful

We made it another trip around the sun since last Thanksgiving. Hooray us! Now it is again time for stuffings of turkeys, cranberries, pigskins, and afternoon naps. I am more partial to the naps, but that is just me.

The Marks Post: 31 at third

We as a society throw the word “hero” around loosely when it comes to sports. However, one athlete who epitomized what it means to be a hero left this earth too soon 17-years-ago this past Wednesday. Wallace Victor Sebastian Pontiff Jr.

The Marks Post: Barry marooned my birthday

(Editor’s Note: Gazette Editor Tony Marks is also Sports Editor for The Oakdale Journal. This is an edited reprint of a column that originally ran in the Thursday, July 18, edition of that Allen Parish newspaper.

The Little Mermaid’s new look

My mother was a blonde. My father was a brunette. As soon as I was born, my mom asked the doctor if I was a blonde or a brunette. “Red!” said the doctor. “Red?!” exclaimed my mom. They had no idea how I ended up with red hair. As far as they knew, none of their parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, etc.

Controversies taint amazing World Cup win by US Women

Just in case you have been living in a bubble or you are not into the sports scene, the United States Women’s National Soccer Team did something truly historic; they took home the fourth World Cup title in this country’s history.

Davis, Pelicans impasse may not end no matter what

The strain between the New Orleans Pelicans and their star player, Anthony Davis, does not seem to be getting any better any time soon. Davis’ much written about saga with the Pelicans has not endured the former No.

The Marks Post: Making a difference

From back-to-back days in Sulphur for the softball state tournament to taking a foul ball off the stomach and from a baseball playoff game in Oberlin on Monday to taking pictures of Passe Partout at Chicot Park on Tuesday, it has been a long couple of days.

West's World: Honoring the Fourth Estate

Nearly four years in this business has brought me an undeniable appreciation for media and the valuable role it plays in a community.