Tag Archives: basketball
Lin-Sanity; Suddenly It Will Be Cool To Be Asian
The Great Asian Hope Jeremy Lin, Bring In The Yen The sports intelligentsia (SI controlled by ESPN) has spoken. The shift is to Asia or Asians. That is where the money is. It’s the Willie Sutton mentality: “Willie, why do … Continue reading
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Coach and Teach by Example (Part 4): Another Story from Rode Apple Junction
Stretch Tries to Correct the Past (Contiued from last week.) All four of them walked like hungry field hands late for dinner. By the time they turned the corner and the school was in sight the parking lot had already … Continue reading
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Coach and Teach by Example (Part 1)
There’s No Such Thing as Free Lunch in Rode Apple Junction Stretch Kranz, the high school basketball coach, ordered a coffee and tuna salad sandwich at the Jittery Goat Cafe. Clem got the coffee and sandwich and sat it in front … Continue reading
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Mom’s First Date with My Dad
My Dad was a basketball referee when he was in his early twenties. He refereed basketball everyday of the week. He was good and always in demand. He said sometimes he refereed three or four games a day. He’d do … Continue reading
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Why Do Sportscasters Make You Want To Puke?
In a far away land a very long time ago, one person broadcasted everything on radio or TV at sporting events, whether it is football, baseball, or basketball. It was a good time and a happy time. It was a … Continue reading
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Jerry Lucas, Doctor Memory, Recalls When Basketball Was Just A Game
There was a time when basketball was a game. When growing up in the fifties and sixties in Ohio if you played basketball the name Jerry Lucas was either before or after the word ‘basketball.’ I could … Continue reading
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