Don Barone

Don Barone: G-Man and Twister

Swindleisms dropped when discussing rescue of dog trapped in tornado destruction

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A field of tears: db's look at the devastation in Alabama

Traveling through Cullman, Ala., Don Barone finds a deadly tornado has taken everything from its citizens. The tears run out, however, turned to pride as American flags fly high.

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Beneath the wind

After a night of helplessness with tornadoes approaching their families, Arkansas anglers hightail it home.

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Came horror in the wind

Kelly Jordon's brush with cancer and it's effect on his good friend.

Good JuJu

I have a lucky Cross pen that is so lucky I don't use it anymore. My father gave it to me, he bought it at Sears, had one of his buds there sort of scratch db all squiggly like into it. Gave it to me the weekend before my first day of college. Said, "Here."

Dennis Tietje is fishing his dream

Last night I had a nightmare that woke me straight up and sweating. I had just knocked the dirt out of my cleats, tapped home plate at Fenway and looked straight past SS, LF, and locked on the Green Monster wall.

Sleepless in Alabama

When my wife Barb can't sleep she blames it on the 3 a.m. conference call in her head. Me, it's stories bouncing around to get out. Random thoughts looking for a theme.

Hangin ON!

Dude! Enough already. I have to tell you, I grew up on the weather end of one of the Great Lakes ... Erie ... I know all about "The Weather."

Hangin' in Outer Space

I sat there and watched him eat popcorn. Watched the Hubble Telescope slide across his glasses from left to right, watched various images from deep space start as little dots on his lens, and as the dots grew on the IMAX screen, I saw the galaxies create shadows on his face.