What’s in a name?

by "Big Joe" Lombardi  Cup O' Joe    Well, my name has a big dose of Italian, while my wife’s moniker is loaded with German and yes, she loves schnitzel, but I can’t stand spaghetti, probably the only Italiano you’ll ever meet that doesn’t like the old country’s signature dish.

It just has to be that way

By "Big Joe" Lombardi   Tell me the truth, now. Are you superstitious..at all? Guilty..as are many people I know involved in coaching, playing, being a fan and reporting on any of America's games.

Now, that’s more like it!

By "Big Joe" Lombardi Cup O' Joe   About 10:30 p.m. Friday, September 2, the monkey jumped off the back of our Copperas Cove Bulldawg football team.      The ice was broken.      It had been a long time since Copperas Cove won a varsity football game. How long, you ask?

The scoreboard said Georgetown won…but…

by "Big" Joe Lombardi  Cup 'O Joe    Sure, last Friday’s Bulldawg football game goes into the book as a 38-14 visitor’s victory, but I see it another way. Copperas Cove hasn’t lost a game in 44-plus years. The stadium clock just ran out of time while the other team had more points.

Bulldawg Radio is rarin’ to go

by "Big Joe" Lombardi Cup O' Joe   The on-air switch is connected up and broadcast producer Matt Thompson is poised to throw it. Can you believe it? One week from tonight, Copperas Cove High School football kicks off season no.

Shuffling coaches is a fact of life

by "Big Joe" Lombardi Cup O' Joe Lady Dawg volleyball's leadership torch has been passed, but that beacon is burning as bright as ever.Everybody who knows me will tell you I don't like change, none, some at all, any. But sometimes, it becomes a necessary move.

Little Dawg football camp is getting close

Who doesn’t remember going to summer camp, whether it was scouts camp, church camp or family style? Of course, lately my wife’s idea of camping is a five-star hotel with some big mall nearby.

Copperas Cove female coaches and athletes speak out on Title IX 50th Anniversary

By Wendy SleddSpecial to Leader-Press Copperas Cove ISD Athletic Director Cari Lowery played volleyball, basketball, and ran track in high school, attended college with an athletic scholarship, and has continued the game with nearly 900 wins as a high school volleyball coach.

Are you ready for some football?

By Joe Lombardi Cup O' Joe    After what I heard from head coach Tony Johnson last week, the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs certainly are.

Lady Dawg softball in a tough spot

“Never, ever, ever give up!” - Winston Churchill during World War II If I know anything at all about those young women who represent Copperas Cove on the diamond, that giving up part will not be an issue.