On Oct. 1, 2002, (23 years ago) I wrote my first column. I thought it would be interesting to all the new and old readers. My mother penned the Amish Cook column for 11 years. I was a teenager at home ...

It seemed like the right thing to do as a junior at Denver’s North High School, the almost obligatory role of a wanna-be sports columnist. Like, cool. I’m the sports editor of the school newspaper and ...