Bill Fisher (RIP) Race-Walked Through Life, Leaving Blurry Snapshots in his Wake

by gordie | Nov 23, 2021 | Journalism

The amusement park was somewhere in Florida. Orlando would be a good guess, because that’s where all the state’s amusement parks are, right? At any rate, that’s where I captured a snapshot years ago of Bill Fisher, then the sports editor of the Lancaster Sunday News...

Bill Walton’s Long, Strange Trip: Unbelievable, in a Great Many Ways

by gordie | Oct 25, 2021 | NBA

The night of November 10, 1992, Bill Walton — raconteur, retired basketball star and renowned Deadhead (not necessarily in that order) — gave an address in Franklin & Marshall College’s Hensel Hall (now the Barshinger Center). It was followed by a...

Looming Large in Lititz: The Day, 60 Years Ago, When Wilt Came to Town

by gordie | Oct 11, 2021 | NBA

One October day 60 years ago, a man named Tom Clausen happened to see Wilt Chamberlain emerge from a restaurant. Which is not surprising, given that Wilt was (shall we say) a man of enormous appetites. The greater surprise was that the restaurant was in Lititz. Wilt...

Brett Brown Reflects on Sixers’ Tenure, Redick’s Retirement, While Mulling NBA Return

by gordie | Sep 26, 2021 | NBA, Philadelphia 76ers

Brett Brown, walking by himself in the Maine woods when he was reached by phone last Friday afternoon, pronounced himself “slightly beneath outstanding.” “Just a little bit,” the 76ers’ former coach said. “Just a sliver.” A slivah, in Brown’s distinctive New...

RIP to Michael K. Williams, Forever Entwined with Omar Little — No Doubt

by gordie | Sep 15, 2021 | Writing

We have been advised over the years that it is best to compartmentalize when it comes to those involved in the arts — that while it is makes sense to savor that which an actor or author (or, let’s face it, even an athlete) produces, it is unwise to go too far in...