Staff column

Often in the past, I’ve used this space to express my appreciation for basketball star Kobe Bryant. As someone who gets to follow sports for a living — as someone who gets to tell stories about games and the people who play them — I’ve always been fascinated by his will to win.

Paul Chojnacky’s reputation preceded him to Oakridge County Club.

It’s official. Now I’ve heard everything.

And I do mean everything.

There is, quite literally, nothing on God’s Green Earth that I have not heard. You name it, I have now heard it.

Four days ago, I couldn’t have said that. Four days ago, there was this one last little thing I hadn’t heard. But then — go figure — just this past week I heard it. So yeah, I’ve heard it ALL now.

What exactly was this final thing on my bucket list of insanely unexpected statements? Just this bizarre combination of seven words: “Members of Congress are overworked and underpaid.”

You heard that right, folks. Overworked, underpaid, Congress.

Ted Ligety will get a hero’s welcome today in Park City. His hometown will honor the World Cup giant slalom champ at 1 p.m. with a free celebration at Park City Mountain Resort.

There are games, and then there are games.

That popular children’s song about mass transit got one thing right. The wheels on the bus do indeed go ’round and ’round.

But after that? All that other stuff on the bus? The babies? And the mommies? And the PEOPLE?

Sorry, but the lyrics got those things so very, horribly wrong.

I can tell you exactly what the people on the bus “go,” and it’s not — as the song claims — “up and down, up and down, up and down.” Rather, the people on the bus go crazy, crazy, crazy. Both literally and figuratively.

Two years ago, it was Morgan's Lan Lajeunesse. This year, it’s the Kerby family’s turn in the spotlight.