Welcome to Moor and More. Former South Bend Tribune columnist and sports editor Bill Moor captains this effort to bring you compelling stories. He is getting plenty of help from other retired journalists he worked beside and other talented writers from the area. We are hoping you become a regular reader and that we give you reasons to ponder, act or just smile.
- Moor or Less: Of awkward conversations, sweet tattoos and ‘Punt, John, punt’by Bill MoorThe guy had to wait in the Chick-fil-A parking lot here in Tucson while my wife and I cut in front of his car. I…
- ‘They built the Grotto with the rocks from his farm’by Aaron HelmanMy friend Greta told me the story as if it were an urban legend, and as I watched her speak through the wisps of the…
- ‘Chucks’ named after one of our ownby Nathan MayerThough many know just the name of the iconic shoe brand, Chuck Taylor was a real person, and was born in Brown County, Indiana on…
- I listened to the NCAA bracket experts and looked what it got meby Jim KubinskiI filled out a bracket on Sunday night and shared it with my kids, as they are both in bracket challenges at their schools. Those…
- Nine folks with similar beginningsby Cappy GagnonMy friend Gerry Beirne is a retired Rhode Island Parish Priest. We met as fellow baseball historians. Gerry is the leading authority on all trivia…
- All you wanted to know about Aaron Helman’s booksby Aaron HelmanMeet me at BookCon – This Saturday! Hello friends! It’s been an exciting several weeks, but there is still lots of new and exciting stuff happening…
- Rudolph Donmoyer: Mayor of South Bend’s Kalamity Korners and so much moreby Aaron HelmanFour years after the first shots had been fired in the conflict that would become the American Civil War, Confederate General Robert E. Lee oversaw…
- More or Less: Thanks, Caitlin, for the show … and for triggering great memoriesby Bill MoorI love watching Iowa’s Caitlin Clark play basketball … almost as much as I like watching Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo and her supporting cast. Clark…
- What I would do with those Toll Road litterersby Cappy GagnonAs moorandmore.net readers have learned, I write two types of stories. One kind is about a topic I have heavily researched because of a long…
- My ‘name game’ may be lame, but I can’t help myselfby Chris SobieralskiMy retirement has meant there is a new adventure in getting in trouble with the powers that be in the house every day. I am…
- Mulligan Stew: How many ‘take a bullet for you’ friends do you have?by Linda Mullen ClevengerIf we have ever had a conversation, chances are I will call you “my friend.” After we have gone somewhere together in the same vehicle,…
- Without ‘One-Play’ O’Brien, Rockne’s Gipper speech might have been forgottenby Andrew NickleIn popular music, there have been many “one hit wonders.” In the 1960s and 70s, we had “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” by The Tokens, “Wipe Out”…