by gordie | Sep 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Basketball, Dick Barnett said, was always his “mistress” growing up — his word. Wooed him to the playground the night of his senior prom. Served as his steady during a college career that featured more gym time than classroom time. The first time around, anyway....
by gordie | May 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
The classroom was at the end of a short, wide hallway, on the right-hand side. That much I remember. But was I in sixth grade or seventh? Was the teacher named Kline? Adams? Something else? A half-century has clouded my memory of that long-ago English class, and my...
by gordie | Mar 26, 2019 | "After the Buzzer" Podcast
Here’s a link to the second episode of “After the Buzzer,” a podcast that LNP Sports Columnist Mike Gross and I just began. And, you may be asking, how come Episode One never appeared here? And that would be because I failed miserably. So here it is....
by gordie | Jan 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
I can’t claim to understand the psychology of having a favorite player when you’re of a certain age. I do know that Jerry Seinfeld, speaking more generally about sports fandom, famously said fans root for laundry, and there’s a great deal of truth in that. The guy...
by gordie | Jun 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
The pregame ritual remained the same, all 26 years Steve Powell coached the McCaskey boys’ basketball team. The Red Tornado players would huddle up in the locker room before taking the court, do the 1-2-3 thing, then head out the door. Powell and his three assistant...
