Honey, I Swallowed the Clickbait: Here’s Where the Inquirer’s List of the 50 Greatest Sixers is Lacking

by gordie | Apr 20, 2022 | NBA

Rare is the day when the 76ers don’t give us something to fret about, but here we are. And here they are, up 2-0 against Toronto in their first-round playoff series. Joel Embiid is playing Gulliver to the Raptors’ Lilliputians (while “respectfully” giving Nick Nurse...

A Driven Coach, a Resourceful Star and a Connected Cast: How Lancaster Catholic Ran the Table in 2002-03

by gordie | Mar 7, 2022 | High School Sports

NOTE: With Lampeter-Strasburg 27-0 heading into the PIAA Tournament, here is a look back at the only Lancaster County team to finish as an undefeated state champion — Lancaster Catholic’s 2002-03 club, which went 35-0. This piece originally ran Sunday on...

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...