by Walt Hampton | May 13, 2025
At the muddy little pond, a 12-year-old boy would find his place in the world.
by Walt Hampton | Jan 24, 2025
Damn cold. The stove has died during the night, down to coals. I’m completely awake, just opening my eyes to the dark of the cabin. The creaking I hear as I get out of the bed isn’t just the old bunk springs, it’s my bum elbow and that damn left knee. I heave an...
by Walt Hampton | Jun 14, 2023
Ruby was the original Terminator. As a puppy she proved to be too much for inside the house, and almost too much for the outside. I have never seen a dog so fast, or so muscled or so hard; indeed, I believe you could have hit her anywhere on her body with a broom...
by Walt Hampton | Jun 19, 2017
Sporting Classics’ longtime friend and contributor is asking for help in the wake of his son’s illness.