New Book About the Dunk Hovers Around Dr. J, but Skywalks Elsewhere, Too

by gordie | Dec 23, 2024 | Journalism, NBA, Philadelphia 76ers, Writing

One night in October 2022, I was seated by myself at a table in the large banquet room of a local hotel when I felt someone’s hands around my neck. That was obviously unsettling in the extreme, not only because I had been approached from behind but because of the...

Grappling With College Football’s New Reality in the Wake of Penn State-Maryland

by gordie | Dec 1, 2024 | College Football

The question I keep asking myself in the wake of the Penn State-Maryland game is this: How much is enough? How many points are enough to satisfy the College Football Playoff committee? How many reps do backups need? And how much revenge is necessary (if in fact that...

Penn State Finds Itself at a Familiar Fork in the Road: Can the Lions Find Their Way Past Ohio State?

by gordie | Oct 29, 2024 | College Football

James Franklin is in his 11th season as Penn State’s head football coach, and every one of them seems to unfold in similar fashion. Early on the Lions play The Teams They Will Beat – Bowling Green and Kent State this season, Delaware, Massachusetts, Ball State, Idaho...

Confessions of a Baseball Agnostic (and by the way, whatever became of Celerino Sanchez?)

by gordie | Oct 25, 2024 | MLB

Not to get all gooey on you, but for some reason I was thinking the other day about my first time in a major league baseball ballpark. Yankees-Angels, Aug. 26, 1968, in the old Yankee Stadium. Second game of a double-header. Future Phillies manager Jim Fregosi at...

Some New Rules to Govern Sports Media (with Apologies to Bill Maher)

by gordie | Oct 16, 2024 | Journalism, Writing

In the spirit of Bill Maher’s HBO show “Real Time,” here are some new rules that need to be enacted within the sports media world: New Rule No. 1: If coaches and players use their children as human shields, they should be required to always do so, no matter the kids’...