Category Archives: Hoops
Bruin Station
It is now less than a week until Opening Day. Some folks think that pitchers and catchers reporting should be a national holiday, but that day pales in comparison to Opening Day. I’m excited and not just because the Red … Continue reading
Filed under baseball, basketball, beisbol, Hoops, Music
Gashouse Hillbillies
I did a piece on Joe DiMaggio and Stephen Jay Gould for the Hardball Times annual (which should be out soon.) To give their readers a taste of my stuff I also sent them Gashouse Hillbillies for their website. It … Continue reading
Filed under baseball, basketball, beisbol, Hoops, Movies, Pop Kultur, TV
More Free Darko On Football
Here. I got back into basketball pretty organically. It just sort of happened one summer. Once it took over my life, it wasn’t long before I wanted — or saw that it made sense to be — a generalist. Year-round … Continue reading
Bethlehem Speaks
A new, clearer, Free Darko Manifesto? This was an aside in an entry on Ray Lewis. There’s a misconception floating around that FD likes underdogs. We don’t. We like star players, weird players, and players who aren’t afraid to be … Continue reading
Filed under baseball, basketball, beisbol, Hoops, Maranvillains, writing
Z Graph
Neil Paine over at Sports Reference brought this Fanhouse thing to my attention. I dig the visual representation of skills prezented here. EDITED TO FIX LINK
Filed under basketball, Hoops
Did Something Happen To Jeff Greenfield Today?
I’m getting a bunch of folks dropping by to look at this post.
Filed under basketball, Hoops
Rating The Top College Hoops Programs of the Modern Era
Just wanted to give a heads up to you about this series. They’re up to #16 right now. I’m curious where UConn will end up.
Filed under basketball, Hoops
More From Drew Cannon
Drew is the one who talked about mixing and matching offensive and defensive assignments in hoops. Here’s his latest. It’s about intangibles and probbly applies to teens playing other sports besides basketball. I guess I’m just as guilty as anyone … Continue reading
Filed under basketball, Hoops
The Positional Revolution Will Be Blogivised
Free Darko talks about a positional revolution in hoops. I think that’s what Drew Cannon is talking about at Basketball Prospectus, as well. But he’s talking more about how to mix and match offensive and defensive roles. FD was more … Continue reading
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Six Degrees of Spencer Haywood
Spencer Haywood was an interesting cat. Dig. He was husband, at one point, to the supermodal Iman. Wikipedia includes her in a list of mononymous people like Cher or Madonna or Prince. Mononymous! I wish I thought up that word. … Continue reading
Filed under basketball, Degrees, Hoops
