Chuck Culpepper, Author at Valley News

Wofford head coach Mike Young raises the basketball net in the air to celebrate his team's 70-58 win over UNC-Greensboro for the Southern Conference tournament championship, Monday, March 11, 2019, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Commentary: What about Wofford? It’s hard to dismiss this mid-major success story

by Chuck Culpepper The Washington PostMarch 13, 2019

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The fear now with this clandestine colossus called Wofford is that everybody will keep trumpeting it as a hip NCAA Tournament pick until it crumples from oversaturated hipness. This could derail a run as a sort of Loyola Chicago,…

Loyola University of Chicago's Sister Jean shows off the NCAA Final Four ring she received before an NCAA college basketball game between Loyola of Chicago and Nevada in Chicago, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)

Loyola of Chicago still in the shadow of 2018 Final Four run

by Chuck Culpepper The Washington PostFebruary 6, 2019

Alabama head coach Nick Saban and Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney pose with the trophy at a news conference for the NCAA college football playoff championship game Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

’Bama, Clemson Collide for CFP Crown

by Chuck Culpepper The Washington PostJanuary 7, 2019

#7 Travis Fulgham of Old Dominion University reacts after ODU wins over Virginia Tech 49 to 35 Sept. 22, 2018 at ODU.

Commentary: Old Dominion Upset One for the Ages

by Chuck Culpepper The Washington PostSeptember 24, 2018

Tiger Woods of the US walks onto the 18th green during the final round for the 147th British Open Golf championships in Carnoustie, Scotland, Sunday, July 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver)

Italian Iceman: Molinari Wins His Nation’s First Major

by Chuck Culpepper The Washington PostJuly 23, 2018

Hideki Matsuyama of Japan plays a shot on the 16th hole during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship in Carnoustie, Scotland, Thursday July 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Follow the Rolling Ball at British Open

by Chuck Culpepper The Washington PostJuly 19, 2018

Belgium's Kevin De Bruyne scores his side's second goal during the quarterfinal match between Brazil and Belgium at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Kazan Arena, in Kazan, Russia, Friday, July 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Belgians Silence the Samba

by Chuck Culpepper The Washington PostJuly 7, 2018

Spain's Rafael Nadal checks a selfie with a young fan after defeating Austria's Dominic Thiem during the men's final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, Sunday, June 10, 2018 in Paris. Nadal won 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Nadal Victory Extends a Parisian Tradition

by Chuck Culpepper The Washington PostJune 11, 2018

Charlotte Kalla, of Sweden, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's 7.5km /7.5km skiathlon cross-country skiing competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

History and Hope Intersect on Trail

by Chuck Culpepper The Washington PostFebruary 11, 2018

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2014, file photo, Keith Jackson arrives at 66th Annual DGA Awards Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Jackson, the down-home voice of college football during more than five decades as a broadcaster, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2018. He was 89. (Photo by Richard Shotwell Invision/AP, File)

Appreciation: If You Heard Keith Jackson’s Voice, You Knew It Had to Be Saturday

by Chuck Culpepper The Washington PostJanuary 14, 2018