One summer while in high school, I was playing basketball at a camp with a group of guys from my home church against a team from Florida. That team featured a really big kid. He was tall, heavy, and athletic. He also looked older than any of us. It was a hard fought, competitive, close… Read More »
Saturday Odds and Ends
After getting a haircut this morning, I stopped by the church gym to watch a few minutes of ROAR basketball. The stands were full of parents and relatives watching two teams of young ladies play and I was able to talk with several people. A lot of people pass through our gym every winter during… Read More »
Sports Fans and Church Attendees
Most of you know that I’m an avid UK fan and I often declare my allegiance to big blue. One thing that makes it a lot of fun is the fact that there are a lot of us. UK never plays a basketball game without a large contingent of fans in the arena…no matter where… Read More »
Learning and Changing
Yahoo Sports recently published a series of articles on college basketball records they deemed to be “untouchable.” The #1 untouchable record: The seven consecutive national championships by the UCLA Bruins from 1967-1973. Much has been written about the tainted nature of those teams due to the relationship between UCLA booster Sam Gilbert and the players,… Read More »
Eight is Great
A comfortable chair near the bed in my grandfather’s (Pa) bedroom was the place I spent many Monday and Saturday nights as a kid in the late 60s listening to the local radio station broadcast Kentucky Wildcats basketball games. Legendary announcer Cawood Ledford’s description of the games made the action in Lexington, Knoxville, Baton Rouge… Read More »
Winners and Losers
The Kentucky, Syracuse, North Carolina, and Kansas basketball teams all have things in common this season. They each won their conference regular season championship, but lost in their respective conference tournaments. From a basketball perspective, those losses don’t mean a whole lot. The first three received number one seeds in the upcoming NCAA national championship… Read More »