Before Eric Clapton met Jimi Hendrix, he imagined blues musicians to be black men driving long, pink Cadillacs with their guitars in the back. He imagined that they drove from gig to gig on dusty roads always one step ahead of the police and scorned lovers. He imagined that the Cadillacs these black men drove [...]

With all the hoopla surrounding the Rolls Royce Silver Spurs’ dismantling of King James’ Chevy Cavaliers, Ryan posted some pure comedic gold a few days ago when he found a pic of Michael Dickerson’s basketball board game.
Never mind the fact that nobody plays board games anymore, it was Michael Dickerson, on the cover of a [...]

Too bad my frequent flyer miles don’t count towards trips to Venezuela. That’s because the major airlines in Brazil either don’t fly over there, or have abolished a system that in general benefited only ‘airport’ businessmen, people who wouldn’t care a bit about what will happen this week at Guanare Portuguesa, a city in central [...]

Since Tony Parker finally earned Gregg Popovich’s trust, he’s gone slam off on everybody! He is completely confident that no guard in the Lig can stop him. He’s much, much stronger than anyone thinks he is, because, outside of Allen Iverson and Dwayne Wade, Parker hits the floor more than anyone in the NBA.
After a [...]

I just received an email from David over at Quicken Loans Marketing letting me know about a You Tube clip where “George Vlosich, self-proclaimed ‘world’s greatest etch-a-sketch artist,’ took five hours to etch LeBron James and the entire process is sped up into three pretty interesting minutes. You can see every line George makes and [...]

Today at school one of my students brought me a game from their house called Michael Dickerson’s Crunchtime Basketball and I wanted to share this blast from the past.
What is this game? Well, according to the box Michael Dickerson’s Crunchtime Basketball is:

A game of strategy… speed… action… that’s Michael D’s Crunchtime!
Roll the dice, move your [...]

The moment we’ve all (read: David Stern) been waiting for came and went last night, as the Cavs and Spurs opened up a multi-act drama on the NBA’s biggest stage, with Team Fundamental taking round one, by 9.
Where do I begin with this one? Well, the main thing everyone wanted to see was whether the [...]

For my latest 5 Star Hoops Podcast I was able to chat with St Joe’s head coach Phil Martelli. Some of the topics we covered during my interview include:

March 8, 2004 was the first time ever in St Joseph’s school history that the program was the top ranked school in the nation. Coach Martelli talked [...]

For my latest 5 Star Hoops Podcast I was able to chat with St Joe’s head coach Phil Martelli. Some of the topics we covered during my interview include:

March 8, 2004 was the first time ever in St Joseph’s school history that the program was the top ranked school in the nation. Coach Martelli talked [...]

With NBA Armageddon (aka the Finals) getting underway by the Riverwalk in Texas, I harkened back to (actually, I just remembered), some of the great role players San Antone has had over the years.
As I was telling one of my boys the other day, the Spurs, for over a decade now, has been a “money [...]