York Native Matt Brown, Having Once Taken a Shot With Mike Krzyzewski, Now Relishes Coach K’s Last One

by gordie | Mar 5, 2022 | College Basketball

In the spring of 1975, Matt Brown was deep into his senior year at York Catholic High School and considering places where he might continue his basketball career. Villanova was recruiting him, he recalled over the phone the other day. Seton Hall, VMI and St. Peter’s,...

Stitzel Sequel Playing Well at Millersville University

by gordie | Feb 26, 2022 | College Basketball

Glenn Stitzel admits to being blissfully unaware during one of the signature moments of his basketball career at Millersville University (then Millersville State College) over a half-century ago. Some context is in order, though. Playing for a team that ran...

The Skinny on F&M Freshman Riiny Giir: He’s Used to Weighty Matters, of all Kinds

by gordie | Feb 21, 2022 | College Basketball

Clearly Riiny Giir, a basketball player of some promise, needs to add weight, needs to carry more than the 185 pounds he currently carries on his 6-8 frame. But if Giir is carrying any additional burdens from all he has experienced in 20 years of life, he seems to...

Rams Reaped the Benefits of Management’s Boldness; Can the 76ers Do the Same?

by gordie | Feb 14, 2022 | NBA

On Sunday night, we were reminded anew of the value of sports franchises taking big swings, when the Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals to win the Super Bowl. The victory came not quite 11 months after the Rams traded their previous starting quarterback,...

Where Ben Simmons is Concerned, it’s Time for the Sixers to Push All their Chips Into the Middle of the Table

by gordie | Feb 7, 2022 | NBA

Free Ben Simmons. Please, please, please free Ben Simmons. What’s that? You say that Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash said Sunday that his team wasn’t going to trade veteran guard James Harden, the Sixers’ apparent target in a Simmons trade? And that ESPN’s Adrian...