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....
by gordie | May 23, 2021 | NBA, Philadelphia 76ers, Writing
Deep into a recent 40-minute telephone interview with former Sixers president Pat Croce, I raised the subject of death: How did he, as a 66-year-old cancer survivor, regard such a thing? “It doesn’t bother me,” he said. Well, of course. He has always been Mr....
by gordie | May 7, 2021 | NFL, Writing
I know of perhaps a half-dozen sportswriters and ex-sportswriters who, like myself, are fans of the Green Bay Packers — who have tended to text me on any given Sunday about the virtues of Clay Matthews and Kenny Clark, and the misadventures of Marquez...
by gordie | Mar 26, 2021 | College Basketball, MLB, Writing
On March 16, 2019, the East Stroudsburg University men’s basketball team lost an NCAA Division II first-round game to West Liberty, 106-99 in overtime. The silver lining for the Warriors that night at IUP was considerable, however: Freshman center Ryan Smith had...
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...
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...
