by gordie | Oct 11, 2021 | NBA
One October day 60 years ago, a man named Tom Clausen happened to see Wilt Chamberlain emerge from a restaurant. Which is not surprising, given that Wilt was (shall we say) a man of enormous appetites. The greater surprise was that the restaurant was in Lititz. Wilt...
by gordie | Sep 26, 2021 | NBA, Philadelphia 76ers
Brett Brown, walking by himself in the Maine woods when he was reached by phone last Friday afternoon, pronounced himself “slightly beneath outstanding.” “Just a little bit,” the 76ers’ former coach said. “Just a sliver.” A slivah, in Brown’s distinctive New...
by gordie | Sep 15, 2021 | Writing
We have been advised over the years that it is best to compartmentalize when it comes to those involved in the arts — that while it is makes sense to savor that which an actor or author (or, let’s face it, even an athlete) produces, it is unwise to go too far in...
by gordie | Aug 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
This is the fifth and final entry in my recollection of my favorite scenes in my favorite sports movies, following Bull Durham, Hoosiers, Rocky and White Men Can’t Jump. Today we consider a great movie gone bad, much like the characters within it. Eight Men Out...
by gordie | Aug 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
This is the fourth entry in my recollection of my favorite scenes in my favorite sports movies, following, Bull Durham, Hoosiers and Rocky. Today we’re just gonna leave it up there as we visit the playgrounds of Southern California. White Men Can’t Jump (1992) The...
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....
