Nick Nurse and Chris Finch: Forever ‘Circling Each Other,’ While Living Parallel Lives

by gordie | Dec 23, 2023 | NBA

Wednesday night’s game was over. The 76ers had beaten the Minnesota Timberwolves, and now the music was swelling in the Wells Fargo Center: Clap your hands, everybody … Etc., etc.  T-Wolves coach Chris Finch rose from his seat on the team’s bench and headed toward...

Charissa Thompson Cripples Her Own Credibility, and (Possibly) Her Career

by gordie | Nov 18, 2023 | Journalism

Many years ago I received a phone call from a high school basketball coach who claimed that while he was quoted in a game story that appeared in a publication competing with mine, the sportswriter covering the game never interviewed him. “I mean, it sounded like...

Sixers Might Do Well to Sit on Their Assets, Since Robert Covington and Nicolas Batum Have Short-Term Value as Well

by gordie | Nov 10, 2023 | NBA

In an interesting bit of full-circle-ness, Robert Covington departed the 76ers in the trade that brought Jimmy Butler from Minnesota five years ago, and returned to Philadelphia in the trade that sent James Harden to the Clippers nine days ago. “I’m glad I’m...

Dan Kreider Struck a Deal with the Game of Football, and He’s Fine with That — Despite the Pain

by gordie | Oct 28, 2023 | NFL

For a decade he made his living crashing into NFL linebackers, which has left him at age 46 with aching joints, a surgically repaired neck and a firm understanding of the Faustian bargain players strike with the game. That bargain being this: Yeah, it can be fun to...

A Tribute to Journalism Misteaks — er, Mistakes: Why They Suck, Why They’re Inevitable and Why You’ve Just Gotta Weather the Storm

by gordie | Oct 21, 2023 | Journalism

Some 40 years after the fact, I can still remember the substance of the note, if not the exact wording. It was written out on paper – no email or online reader comments then – and came from Ron Lauretti, whose son Scott was a Carlisle High School football player....