John Chaney Left Us With Words to Live By, Even if They Can’t All Be Repeated

by gordie | Jan 31, 2021 | College Basketball

John Chaney’s death on Friday at age 89 reminded me that I have held onto a cassette tape of a telephone interview I did with him in July 1999, when he was 17 years into his 24-year run as the men’s basketball coach at Temple. Took some rooting around to find it, but...

Stan Gelbaugh, Andy Krosnowski, and the Things You Learn Along the Way

by gordie | Jan 18, 2021 | Uncategorized, Writing

Over three decades after Harry Chapman’s death, Stan Gelbaugh still has a copy of a poem given to him by his late football coach at Cumberland Valley High School, someone Gelbaugh calls “probably the most important man in my life, other than my dad.” The poem is...

Doc Rivers Brings a Well-Worn Toolkit to a new job, as Sixers begin HIS Process

by gordie | Dec 23, 2020 | NBA, Philadelphia 76ers

New Sixers coach Doc Rivers was talking during a Zoom news conference Monday afternoon about who nudged him toward the profession, given that he played for some pretty notable guys during his 13-year run as an NBA point guard: Mike Fratello for eight years in Atlanta...

In ‘Going Low,’ Jeff Rice shows that golf imitates life — especially the writing life

by gordie | Dec 22, 2020 | Writing

The spine of Jeff Rice’s debut novel, “Going Low,” consists of a sparkling round of golf played by the book’s central character, a fictional PGA professional named Jason Dickerson, during the U.S. Open. Again and again Dickerson finds himself behind trees or in...

Seth Curry, ever the survivor, gives Sixers a new (and likely improved) look

by gordie | Nov 26, 2020 | NBA, Philadelphia 76ers

In May 2019 an NBA assistant coach named Darren Erman — then with New Orleans and just hired to a similar post with the Knicks — hit upon an essential truth about the Curry brothers. About Stephen, a three-time champion and two-time MVP with Golden State,...