by gordie | Aug 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
For the dwindling few of us who still channel-surf on our TVs, the courtroom scene in the 1992 movie A Few Good Men inevitably brings our remote controls to a full and complete stop. More than likely you know the scene. Tom Cruise, playing the part of Lt. Daniel...
by gordie | Aug 9, 2021 | High School Sports
It is hardly overstatement to say that Brice Brown is a hero, as he often represents the best hope for the football players he coaches at Edna Karr High School, in the rugged Algiers section of New Orleans. That he has also made them wildly successful on the field is...
by gordie | Aug 1, 2021 | NBA, NFL, Writing
Last Wednesday in Green Bay, Aaron Rodgers discussed with reporters the discontent that had made it appear during the offseason that the reigning NFL MVP was headed elsewhere. The following day, news broke about the Los Angeles Lakers trading for Russell Westbrook....
by gordie | Jul 25, 2021 | NBA
OK, so we lost to France — France! — in men’s hoops on Sunday at the Olympics, and there is dismay upon the land. I mean, this ain’t dressage; this is our game. What are we to do here in the land of (World B.) Free and (former) home of the (Buffalo)...
by gordie | Jul 17, 2021 | NBA
At a critical moment in Game Four of the NBA Finals Giannis Antetokounmpo was first one place, then another, and now the same can be said of his career. The Greek Freak’s block of Deandre Ayton’s dunk attempt with a little over a minute left Wednesday night preserved...
