by gordie | May 14, 2026 | NBA
Draymond Green sat in for Shaquille O’Neal on “Inside the NBA” one day last week, and besides making the show 20 percent better engaged in some verbal sparring with Charles Barkley. Barkley declared that the run by Green’s Golden State Warriors – “one of the greatest...
by gordie | May 11, 2026 | NBA, Philadelphia 76ers
So here we are again. Trade Joel Embiid. Trade Paul George. Trade everybody. And while you’re at it, fire Nick Nurse and Daryl Morey, too. In the minds of many, that’s how the Sixers can cleanse their palates after being embarrassed by the Knicks in the second round...
by gordie | Apr 21, 2026 | NFL
The NFL Draft begins Thursday, and the consensus is that Nolan Rucci will either be taken in the last round of the three-day, seven-round selection process, or scooped up by a team as an undrafted free agent. Whatever the case, Rucci, an offensive tackle from Warwick...
by gordie | Apr 1, 2026 | NBA
Anthony Edwards, the Minnesota Timberwolves’ best player (and indeed one of the finest players in the NBA), recently missed six games due to an inflamed knee, a potentially crippling blow for a team grappling for playoff seeding in the rugged Western Conference. The...
by gordie | Mar 27, 2026 | College Basketball, Journalism
To get to the media room within the Sixers’ arena on game night, you enter through the north side of the building a couple hours before tip-off, exchange how-ya-doins with the always-affable attendants at the security checkpoint, wade through the empty stands to court...
by gordie | Mar 21, 2026 | College Basketball
On Friday at the NCAA Tournament, Kevin Willard made his voice heard, and Herb Sendek did not. And that allowed observers to revisit old grievances about loyalty and officiating. Start with Willard, Villanova’s first-year head coach. During a timeout early in the...
by gordie | Mar 20, 2026 | College Basketball
Haven’t watched much college basketball this year. Saw one game live – Penn State-Rutgers – that made me want to avert my eyes. Watched the ACC Championship Game between Duke and Virginia, and a couple First Four games (OK, RedHawks). But this week, that’s what you do...
by gordie | Feb 27, 2026 | College Football, Journalism, Writing
We’re on a road to nowhere Come on inside Takin’ that ride to nowhere We’ll take that ride – The Talking Heads Way back when, somebody was writing about how you get to Penn State. Might have been Bill Conlin. Probably was Bill Conlin. Long before he...
by gordie | Feb 25, 2026 | NBA, Philadelphia 76ers, Writing
Label Luke Epplin however you please. He’s the dreamer from small-town Illinois who once came to New York City with two suitcases in hand, knowing if he could make it there, yada, yada, yada. He’s also the writer who went from fledgling poet/playwright to struggling...
by gordie | Feb 22, 2026 | MLB
Mike Sarbaugh began his career in professional baseball as an undrafted minor league infielder in 1989, in Helena, Mont. He has remained in the game ever since, and will remain at least one year longer. The Donegal graduate, who was not retained by the Mets as a coach...
