Friday, September 30, 2016

VINTAGE VIN SCULLY!

Thanks to Vin Scully for brining decades and decades and
 decades of Dodgers' baseball to our radios and televisions.


The Voice
The Stories
The Style and Class
will never be duplicated.


Happy Retirement, Vin!


Saturday, September 10, 2016

BIG, BIG NIGHT AT THE "HALL"!! 9-9-16

SPRINGFIELD, MA.
What a great night at the 
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame!



From Yao Ming to Izzo to A.I. to Swoopes
 and Shaq and everyone in between.
Humor, class, and true human emotions on display. 


Here are some stars and some
 scenes from the scene in Springfield.


Allen Iverson- long and winding speech from the heart.
"John Thompson saved my life!"
"I remember my first game against Mike (Jordan). I couldn't stop looking at him. There was an aura about him. I looked at his shoes and he was wearing Jordans."


 Shaq- Praised his family and entertained the audience. 
He also praised Kobe and jabbed his former teammate
 for getting him traded to Miami.


Yao Ming- Humble and humorous. 
What a shame that his NBA career was cut short by injuries. 
That is Carroll Dawson in the background (dark glass). 
He was the Rockets' GM and was instrumental 
in getting Yao to the USA.


Jerry Colangelo- Mr. USA Basketball and the 
Chairman of the Basketball Hall of Fame


Dr. J- Need I say more?


Dale Brown- Shaq's head coach at LSU. 
The man who offered Shaq a scholarship 
when Shaq was a big teenager in Germany.


Dikembe Mutombo
Still wagging that big finger for all it is worth!


Draymond Green 
with his Michigan State head coach
 and new Hall of Famer
Tom Izzo


Jerry Reinsdorf- Chicago Bulls' Owner
Delivered one of the best lines of the night.
Regarding bar mitzvahs:
"It is the day when a Jewish boy learns
 that he has a better chance of buying an NBA team
 than he has of playing for one."


Classic Evening!
Great night!
**

Thursday, September 8, 2016

THE BIG ORANGE!


It was fun watching Shaq get his Hall of Fame jacket


 and meeting with the media 


at the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame 
in Springfield, Massachusetts.


Here is a little clip of my chat with Shaq

https://vimeo.com/182106401

Congratulations Big Guy!
**



Saturday, September 3, 2016

MINNESOTA MADNESS?


Sam Bradford might have been the best QB available 
to replace Teddy Bridgewater,
 but the Vikes just gave up a 1st and 4th round pick 
to get an average, overpaid, injury prone QB. 
What? 
Favre and Tebow weren't available?
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