A quarter of a million!


Thanks to everyone who has been reading my blogs, particularly the past two-and-a-half years when these numbers grew significantly.

As of this morning, I officially passed the quarter of a million, eclipsing the 250,000 number of page views.

Here is the breakdown of the most popular stories and where my readers live.

Figures as of noon, CDT, July 16


HughBradyConrad         200,045
http://hughbradyconrad.blogspot.com

Sports blog                       50,895
http://hce1947.blogspot.com

Total                                 250,940

Top Stories

Hugh Brady Conrad

                                                                 Total              Year

Flashback: Lilly Shootings, 1975              3,637             2017

RIP Jerry Roberts                                     2,005             2017

Lilly Girls Basketball                                 1,745              2018

A Class Act: James “Buzzy” Behe           1,687               2018

The missing link in Ray Gricar case        1,563               2015

The KKK who killed my uncle in Lilly       1,197               2017

RIP: George Lukacs                                1,091                2018


Sports

                                                                Total                 Year

Laurel Highlands Conference/BC            4,632                 2016

Did Guilfoyle stiff Carroll?                        3,479                 2016

Where have you gone, Jodi Gault?         1,351                 2017

Bob Gongloff mastery                              1,056                 2017

Chris Villarrial at Combine                          877                 2017


My Audience

Thank you to those from outside -- and inside -- the United States

                                  HBC                 Sports         Total 

United States            136,173            41,914         178,087 

Italy                           18,483                       0           18,483

Russia                       12,793                 3,834          16,627

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