by gordie | Aug 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
The woman, a minister by trade, was standoffish: What were we doing in the graveyard adjacent to her church? Five of us stood there that day in the spring of 2022 – myself, my wife and another couple, as well as a tour guide, who tried to talk the woman down. They...
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...
