Recalling Clint Richardson’s finest hour, and the critical difference role players can make for aspiring NBA champions

by gordie | Jun 14, 2021 | NBA, Philadelphia 76ers

Know this about championship basketball seasons: They are the ultimate group project, requiring something from just about everyone on the roster. There is no better example of that than Game Two of the Sixers-Hawks playoff series. The Sixers, who definitely harbor...

Pat Croce, Still Feeling Great (Of Course!), Adjusts His Perspective, Hopes to do the Same for Others Touched by Cancer

by gordie | May 23, 2021 | NBA, Philadelphia 76ers, Writing

Deep into a recent 40-minute telephone interview with former Sixers president Pat Croce, I raised the subject of death: How did he, as a 66-year-old cancer survivor, regard such a thing? “It doesn’t bother me,” he said. Well, of course. He has always been Mr....

Contemplating Aaron Rodgers’ Divorce from the Packers: Is this painful? Ah, you betcha!

by gordie | May 7, 2021 | NFL, Writing

I know of perhaps a half-dozen sportswriters and ex-sportswriters who, like myself, are fans of the Green Bay Packers — who have tended to text me on any given Sunday about the virtues of Clay Matthews and Kenny Clark, and the misadventures of Marquez...

Bait and Twitch: The Challenge of Sifting Through NFL Draft Intell, and Determining What Really Matters

by gordie | Apr 18, 2021 | NFL

The NFL Draft is fast approaching, heralded as always by a flood of analysis that alternates between the impressive and the amusing. How else could we find out that Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence, the likely No. 1 overall pick, has “fluid mechanics to easily...

Best ever? Certainly Gonzaga-UCLA belongs on the short list

by gordie | Apr 4, 2021 | College Basketball

The knee-jerk thing for a geezer like myself to say after Saturday’s Gonzaga-UCLA classic is that great as it was, it still doesn’t quite measure up to the 1992 Duke-Kentucky regional final. Gotta maintain perspective when it comes to a discussion of college...