The pieces of this puzzle keep coming together….
Five years ago I started researching the 1946 West Coast Baseball Association purely off a newspaper clipping I found while doing a separate summer school project at Portland State University right before graduation. Being an ardent baseball fan, especially the history of the game, I was taken back [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Chasing History….One Day At A Time
Posted in baseball, writing on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well Said….
Posted in quotes on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“If you’re a reporter, the easiest thing in the world is to get a story. The hardest thing is to verify. The old sins were about getting something wrong, that was a cardinal sin. The new sin is to be boring.” – David Halberstam
And The Beat Goes On….
Posted in baseball, basketball, writing on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have a confession to make.
I’m behind my own personal writing gun and feeling a bit overwhelmed with an itchy trigger finger.
When I first started this here blog, my intention was to feature links to my weekly work while starting to detail the process of starting to write a book (or manuscript I should say). I [...]
Show Me Something
Posted in basketball, writing on July 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Not bad, not bad at all.
I was a bit skeptical as the Portland Trail Blazers headed into their first summer league game in Las Vegas on Monday night before beating the Washington Wizards, and wondering exactly what would come of this make-shift squad. For their first game, they didn’t look horrible considering the countless turnovers and how [...]
Deadlines From Vegas
Posted in basketball, writing on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve said it before and I will say it again: there is no offseason in the NBA.
That goes for players, coaches, scouts, front office execs and yes….even for a writer.
NBA summer league in Las Vegas heads into its second full week of play and while I opted to sit this one out (figured with [...]
Well Said….
Posted in quotes on July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.” – Ty Cobb
What Are The Cavs Telling LeBron?
Posted in basketball on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Back in 2007 after the Cleveland Cavaliers took out the New Jersey Nets in the second round of the NBA playoffs, LeBron James strolled out of his postgame press conference in East Rutherford looking like a man who could carry the Cavs all the way to the NBA Finals.
Standing in the back of the press [...]
Basketball Jones
Posted in basketball, writing on July 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If you haven’t yet read Jack McCallum’s :07 Seconds Or Less about his moonlighting stint as an assistant coach with the 2005-06 Phoenix Suns, allow me to sprinkle in a minor spoiler: James Jones plays the bad guy.
For some unfounded and unwritten reason, McCallum – Sports Illustrated’s chief NBA writer – has it out for [...]
Manute Bol Flashback
Posted in basketball on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another day, another story.
When the story idea was sent my way at HOOPSWORLD to write on the recent events of the Washington Wizards spending $161 million to retain two all-stars, I wasn’t sure what to think. The question was easy enough: did the Wiz get better?
The answer however was difficult to answer, especially knowing [...]
Write On
Posted in writing on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a busy Monday coming off the long 4th of July weekend and needless to say there are plenty of fireworks still left over.
Roman candle-like email responses have flooded my in-box about my recent interview with the Portland Tribune’s Kerry Eggers over at Associate Content.com, which doesn’t come as a shocker.
First, Blazer’s Edge passionately [...]
