It’s about 6:15 a.m. Saturday and my co-pilot, my brother-in-law, Roger, and I are about fifteen minutes south of Syracuse on Rte. 81. The Liacouras Center, home of the Temple Owls and our destination, looms four hours away. We have watched the temperature gauge on the dashboard drop from a, what seems now, balmy 21 degrees to 5. We continue on through the snow belt of Central … [Read more...] about 11 hours of driving, 40:00 of hoops – Merry Christmas
Archives for December 2008
Nazareth at Mercy highlights
For those who didn't get a chance to catch this on TV. For some reason the audio narration is omitted. … [Read more...] about Nazareth at Mercy highlights
Cooking with Chas: Big Apple Second Chances, Vegas Style
With the winter meetings in Las Vegas coming to an end this week, there's no question that the Yankees and the Mets stole the show. With each team making two key additions to address their respective areas of greatest need, they virtually assured that there will be a Subway Series in 2009. Alright, let's not get carried away here, but the two clubs from New York were clearly … [Read more...] about Cooking with Chas: Big Apple Second Chances, Vegas Style
Who am I?
I grew up in N'Awlins, but I know a thing or two about the Big 5. Yeah the Palestra, Apollo, Philly Cheese Steak - it's all good. I left college with 15 career records for my school including points and steals over 2,000 and 200 respectively. Before I left campus, I earned 1st and 2 nd team All-American. Eight seasons in the NBA - I scored over 7,000 and grabbed 1,900+ … [Read more...] about Who am I?
Pickin’ Splinters National Chan’ship – seedings
Many thanks to all who voted for the five at-large bids to our national tournament. Now we must rank our picks (1-16). Here's the list in alphabetical order: Alabama Boise State Buffalo Cincinnati East Carolina Florida the Ohio State University Oklahoma Penn State Texas Texas Christian Texas Tech Troy U.S.C. Utah Virginia … [Read more...] about Pickin’ Splinters National Chan’ship – seedings