by gordie | Aug 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
This is the third entry in my recollection of my favorite scenes in my favorite sports movies, following Bull Durham and Hoosiers. Today we ponder whether you can in fact look up the spelling of “Del Rio” in the dictionary. Rocky (1976) The Choice: The obvious...
by gordie | Aug 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
This is the second entry in my recollection of my favorite scenes in my favorite sports movies. In Part One we rehashed Bull Durham. Today, we contemplate why four passes — four! — is the precise number every basketball team should throw before shooting:...
by gordie | Aug 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
For the dwindling few of us who still channel-surf on our TVs, the courtroom scene in the 1992 movie A Few Good Men inevitably brings our remote controls to a full and complete stop. More than likely you know the scene. Tom Cruise, playing the part of Lt. Daniel...
by gordie | Aug 9, 2021 | High School Sports
It is hardly overstatement to say that Brice Brown is a hero, as he often represents the best hope for the football players he coaches at Edna Karr High School, in the rugged Algiers section of New Orleans. That he has also made them wildly successful on the field is...
by gordie | Aug 1, 2021 | NBA, NFL, Writing
Last Wednesday in Green Bay, Aaron Rodgers discussed with reporters the discontent that had made it appear during the offseason that the reigning NFL MVP was headed elsewhere. The following day, news broke about the Los Angeles Lakers trading for Russell Westbrook....
