Published Writing Samples
Beyond doing on-air broadcast work, Lonnie King has also worked as a freelance writer for various publications. Following are some examples of his written work.
Atlantic League announces pace-of-play measures for 2015 season
April 14, 2015 | examiner.com
With the league’s Opening Day less than ten days away, the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball announced that it has approved rules that are designed to accelerate the game's pace of play for the upcoming season.
Never give up…never surrender
February 18, 2013 | blog post
Sitting in a hotel room over the weekend, I had another opportunity to see a movie that has become one of my top-five favorites of all time now, Galaxy Quest.
I think that, when it was made, everyone wrote it off as a throw-away comedy for Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and a long list of familiar character actors that spoofed the science fiction genre.
Veteran Elarton returns to Houston to help strengthen Skeeters' pitching staff
April 9, 2013 | examiner.com
As hard as it may be for long-time Houston baseball fans to realize, it’s been nearly 20 years since Scott Elarton first donned a uniform for a professional baseball team.
Graceland Christianity
July 31, 2013 | blog post
I recently went walking in Memphis…walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale. Well, driving through Memphis may be more accurate. But I was humming Marc Cohn’s epic 1991 ode to the birthplace of the Delta Blues the whole time.
I was with my lovely blonde traveling companion and our goal was to make the pilgrimage to Graceland, the estate of the “King,” Elvis Presley.
Yates’ new hoops titles are not the real story
August 15, 2014 | blog post
Amid the noise that will inevitably come with the announcement today that the Jack Yates Lions have added another couple of basketball state titles to their trophy case – thanks to mandatory forfeitures imposed by the UIL on Dallas Madison for playing an ineligible athlete over the previous two years – let’s not lose sight of the fact that all of this investigation started because a young man was senselessly killed and his life cut tragically short.
In the process, another’s was likely ruined for the rest of his.
Getaway Guide: One-Tank Trip to Bryan/College Station
Sept. 15, 2012 | cbslocal.com
Sister cities Bryan and College Station have long been known as the home of Texas A&M University and its Aggies, but in recent years the area has grown into a great area for a weekend escape.