by gordie | Nov 24, 2022 | NBA, Philadelphia 76ers
The fan standing along the railing in the Wells Fargo Center’s lower stands was a guy in his 20s. No more than that. As Ben Simmons exited the court late Tuesday night, his Brooklyn Nets a 115-106 loser to the Sixers’ JVs, the fan’s eyes were bulging. His voice was...
by gordie | Oct 28, 2022 | MLB
Baseball’s timelessness was once the game’s blessing, the subject of sonnets. Now it is the game’s curse, the target of regulation. (Hello, pitch clock!) But what it also is, is something of a myth. Because while the sport has always been timeless, it has never been...
by gordie | Oct 22, 2022 | NBA
Game point, Sixers down one. Final seconds melting away. James Harden with the ball in his hands, Jrue Holiday in a defensive stance. Such a delicious matchup, on so many levels. Harden is an elite scorer, Holiday an elite defender – “the head of our snake on...
by gordie | Aug 27, 2022 | College Basketball, High School Sports
There was reportedly a murder in January at California’s High Desert State Prison. And another in February. And another in July. There was also reportedly a riot there in April. “It can be dangerous, but I don’t look at it that way,” Dennis Hurd said recently over the...
by gordie | Aug 18, 2022 | NFL
Let the record show that even at age 10, Ray Didinger did his homework. Of course he did, just as he would years later, during his half-century covering pro football as a writer and broadcaster. So renowned for his tireless research that his retirement cake earlier...
