This past week, the basketballl world lost a great participant in the game he loved. His name is Bill Sharman and he was my idol and my friend. We both called Porteville, CA (I was born there) our home and we actually coached in the NBA (Los Angeles and Portland) at the same time. Not [...]
What do the events in the title have in common? They are all dangerous. The difference is, compared to football, there are only a few folks auto racing and motorcycle jumping. All the fans of these sports are in attendance to see the same thing … a wreck. Currently, brain concussions are a BIG conversation [...]
This week’s Sports Illustrated had a story on Kansas University men’s basketball and talked about three impact players from that university’s storied basketball program. Also mentioned was a fourth person, Phog Allen, whose influence allowed for that history. One thing that getting older provides is the experience of going through several decades of a school’s [...]
Given that it is “all-sports” season I have had the opportunity to watch practice for a variety of sports at various D-I schools. I have come away with the following question, “Is anyone listening?” These are teams coached by solid, respected coaching staffs. I would say that no more than 20% of the athletes at [...]
BLOG OCTOBER 01. 2013 I have followed University of Southern California football since the days of Frank Gifford and Lindon Crow. Both of these fine athletes grew up in the San Joaquin Valley of California as did I. They were both key performers for the New York Giants in the classic playoff game between the [...]