After another frigid New York City winter and rain-soaked spring, my childhood friend Al—pictured above – check out the sneakers—and I resumed our annual warm weather tradition of heading over to a nearby basketball court to shoot some hoops. We’re both now hanging onto our fifties by the edge of … Read more
As we progressed through the elementary school years in the late 1960s and early 1970s, we began to learn the importance of proper attire for every occasion. In school we had to wear a shirt and tie (and this was public school), we wore uniforms to Cub Scout meetings, and … Read more
For those of us who have grown weary of the Golden State Warriors’ dominance over the past four NBA seasons, there are some folks who were around during the Boston Celtics’ unbelievable run of 11 championships in 13 seasons from 1957 through 1969 — in addition to current fans of … Read more
So one Saturday night in March of 1972, this eleven-year-old basketball fan was amped because his favorite team, the New York Knickerbockers (more on the current version in a later post), had a late-night game scheduled for television in Portland against the Trailblazers, who were in their second year of … Read more
