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How Pickleball Saved My Life

This article was originally featured in Pickleball Magazine. For most of my life I've been somewhere in the spotlight.  I started doing ads on the radio when I was 13.  I was always on stage doing variety shows or hosting…
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Six Reasons To Love Dollywood

There are obviously more than just six reasons that Dollywood is a fun, worthwhile stop the next time you're near Pigeon Forge or the Smoky Mountains.   But, here are six things that stood out during my most recent visit to…
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Naples Bet On Pickleball Pays Off

Propped up against the door of my suite at Bellasera Hotel, the local newspaper has "Pickleball Tourney Worth Millions" splashed across its front page as I head out to start my week in Naples, Florida. More than a few times,…
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Sorry Greenville, The Secret Is Out.

After my first 24 hours in Greenville, I was on a mission to find someone that wasn't happy.  Every place I went, people were smiling, excited to see you and welcoming. It's not unusual for people to be nice to me…
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Joplin Still Healing Five Years Later

Bringing up the 2011 tornado that tore apart this southern Missouri town brought visible emotion to residents I met during a recent stop in Joplin.  One girl started crying as she recalled the gut wrenching sounds outside her bathroom window…
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Hanging Out With A Country Music Legend

Jerry Bradley sits a foot away from me, in an old waiting room chair from the RCA Records building on Music Row in Nashville.  It's one of hundreds of objects he refers to as "good junk" in his Mt. Juliet…
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