President Trump’s latest media distraction involving basketball legends LeBron James and Michael Jordan raises the question whether one can remain truly neutral in the era of Trump. For non-basketball fans, LeBron James just finished an epic playoff run where he carried a mediocre Cavalier team to the NBA Finals – his eighth-consecutive appearance. This achievement … Continue reading
ANN COULTER DOESN’T GET SOCCER OR AMERICA TODAY Ann Coulter’s anti-soccer rant says more about her and her contempt for America today. As usual, she does not burden the reader with actual facts and uses soccer as just a set up to rant about the demise of her shrinking whites only world. Let’s take her … Continue reading
This weekend marks the 34th and final Big East Basketball Tournament before the league is chopped up into tiny pieces. The storied conference has produced over 33 years 17 NCAA basketball final four teams, 11 national finalists and 7 national champions. As people lament and wax nostalgic about this final championship tournament, it is … Continue reading
Before discussing the Serge Ibaka’s assualt on Blake Griffin’s private parts, I will disclose my bias. Yes, I am a Clipper fan. In fact, I was even a Buffalo Braves fan (where the franchise began) during their brief moment in the sun in the mid-1970’s with Bob McAdoo and Rookie of the Year Ernie Diegregorio. … Continue reading
Complete “Fenway Park” Series First NFL, NBA, NASL and NCAA Basketball and Football Games In April, in honor of Fenway Park’s 100th birthday I recounted my first visit to this great temple of baseball – some thirty years ago. This then led me to recall my first NFL, NBA, NASL and college basketball and football … Continue reading
Remembering a Historic Upset Thirty Years Later: AU 62, GU 61 From the Cinderella stories of “March Madness” to movies such as “Hoosiers”, basketball has always evoked a very American concept that a small yet determined few can accomplish anything. Its fast pace and nail-biting finishes are not for the weak in heart. In fact, … Continue reading
Last year the U.S. National Team fired its coach after blowing a 2-0 lead to lose 4-2 to Mexico at the Gold Cup final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. The fourth goal (starting at 4:00) reflects a total breakdown of US defense and is hard to watch even now. THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS … Continue reading
The final installment of my sport firsts in tribute To Fenway Park’s 100th birthday is for college basketball – namely Providence College basketball. My father was a Providence College alum and as a kid basketball primarily meant Providence College basketball – far more so than that other basketball team with parquet floors 50 miles north. … Continue reading
Living today in the Belichick era, it may be hard to believe there was a time when the Patriots put the ink in stink or when New England was indifferent about them. On Columbus Day 1973 we went to get tickets for a game later in the season. The season was almost over already since the … Continue reading
For a short period in the 1970s, the Boston Celtics played a few games at the new Providence Civic Center (although they later chose the newer Hartford Civic Center for their satellite home court). I am embarrassed to say that I have never seen the Celtics play at Boston Garden, but instead my first NBA … Continue reading
In honor of Fenway Park’s 100th Birthday, I recalled my first visit to the great temple of baseball. WHEN: It was a July 1, 1972. My entire Little League rode the nearly 50 miles to Yawkey Way to see the Red Sox play the Milwaukee Brewers. THE MATCH-UP: The Brewers were only in their 4th … Continue reading
The term conflicted is defined as a “mental struggle resulting from incompatible or opposing needs, drives, wishes, or external or internal demands.” The NBA Finals offers a perfect illustra [boston lakers] tion of this term as part of me will be rooting for the Los Angeles Celtics to win, although I would be equally happy with a Boston Lakers victory. Continue reading
