Steve Nicewanger’s Story Archive

Screams for Crean

March 9, 2017 | by Steve Nicewanger

After a lackluster season for the IU Big Red, the Assembly Hall faithfuls are once again screaming for the scalp of Head Coach Tom Crean. It’s not that the Hoosier’s men’s basketball team is terrible or even just awful, it is that the team is mediocre and in Bloomington that … Read More

Kurt Busch Wins the Daytona 500

March 2, 2017 | by Steve Nicewanger

“I’m a Daytona 500 pound woman. I’m Daytona 500 pound gal” Haywood Banks!” ……Kurt Busch won his first Daytona 500 last Sunday driving a Ford powered car that was held together by duct tape and chewing gun in a race that was described as a 500 mile demolition derby. This … Read More

American Foods in World Cuisine

February 23, 2017 | by Steve Nicewanger

So what’s for dinner? Turkey, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, cranberry sauce, sliced tomatoes, pumpkin bread with maple syrup, and vanilla ice cream with  chocolate syrup for dessert. Sounds luscious doesn’t it? It’s something else. It’s all American foods. Foods that native Americans cultivated and ate long before European … Read More

The Racing Engines are Roaring Once Again

February 23, 2017 | by Steve Nicewanger

For all of you automobile racing fanatics like me, the glorious news is the 2017 auto racing season has begun. The Daytona 500 will be run this coming Sunday, February 26th. The mighty roar of the Monster Energy Cup racers will once again be heard. Qualifying was held this previous … Read More

Valentines Day – Presidents Day What Sporting Activities did Our Chief Executives Indulge In?

February 16, 2017 | by Steve Nicewanger

It’s known that our current president Mr. Trump is an avid golfer and owns several country clubs including one in Scotland. President Eisenhower also was quite a golfer and had a driving range and miniature course on his Gettysburg farm, which I have seen. Ike also played football as a … Read More