Forty-four years ago unsolicited letters started arriving at our house written by my sister’s friend who at the time attended Indiana State University. Her letters gushed about a guy she witnessed play basketball like nothing she had ever seen. The letters kept coming. I remember being skeptical and disinterested at first. How good could a […]
Every one of the Superdome’s 76,468 seats has a warm buttock smothering it this Friday night. The masses have gathered on the eve of this Saturday’s Final Four game pitting Duke against bitter rival North Carolina. From all corners of the universe, they’ve made the pilgrimage to the Superdome to experience this week’s crescendo Coach […]
As the college basketball world heads to New Orleans for the Final Four, one conference will have a spotlight moment that some may not have seen coming. The ACC will be well represented on Saturday night when college basketball’s biggest stage takes place. The Duke Blue Devils (32-6) and the North Carolina Tar Heels (28-9) […]
Duke will win the national championship next Monday night giving Coach K his sixth national title and cementing him as the greatest human being who has ever lived. To build momentum for that historic victory, the Duke press office today released the day-by-day agenda for all the festivities honoring Coach K heading into this weekend’s […]
Bill Walton sets up his easel in the front of the out-of-the-way hotel meeting room in the Indianapolis Inn. It’s in this hotel where his UCLA Bruins are staying before tonight’s Final Four game against undefeated Gonzaga. He sets a 10-foot-by-10-foot chart on the easel showing John Wooden’s “Pyramid of Success” image that has sold […]
From the pirate’s ship at Tom Brady Field, Sportface and Bill Walton meet again. Walton’s been reading “They Call Me Coach” by his favorite UCLA coach, John Wooden. Earlier this week he finished reading “The 100 Best Grateful Dead Concerts” by Bill Walton and “How Sportface Twisted Walton’s Sense of Reality” by Sammy Sportface. He […]
It’s almost that time of year again. The weather is getting warmer, teams are reporting to Spring Training, and birds are returning north. In college basketball terms, that means it’s almost time for March Madness. The selection committee recently released its initial 1-4 seeds. Here’s how things shook out: Duke, Gonzaga, Virginia, Tennessee Michigan, […]
