Poetic pragmatism, neo-transcendentalism, bikes, burritos, basketball.
A couple of days ago, I was watching Mario’s three-pointer for like the 150th time, and I decided to do it JFK/Zapruder style. Click. Sherron blows by Derrick Rose. Click. Click. Click. Sherron begins to fall. Click. The ball emerges in Mario’s hands, he takes a big jump-step toward the top of the key, jumps, [...]
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Surreal. That’s the word that keeps coming to mind. Kansas trailed by nine points with two minutes left, and yet somehow managed to win. Chalmers’s shot. Collins’s steal. Roy Williams — “Benedict Williams” to many Jayhawk fans — wearing a Jayhawk sticker. Is it possible that all of that *really* happened? Watch the last few minutes of the game [...]
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If words are windows to the soul, this blog has become a massive vista onto my sports obsessions and, specifically, Kansas basketball. Soon enough it’ll all be over, the fever dream will end, the sun will rise, and I’ll be back to the old stuff. Until then, I want to post one more thing, to [...]
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Despite being stocked with recruiting riches, Duke is going home early and it’s not too surprising why: streaky offense, untimely turnovers, killed on the boards, nothing in the post, the list goes on. But what’s different about this team? Why isn’t Coach K’s formula working anymore? “Promise me you’ll never leave.” Photo: Replay photos. Coach [...]
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You probably can’t tell, but I’ve been worrying over my picks for the last couple of days. My patented approach = tossed out the window I’ve filled out 20+ brackets in my life, and each year I take basically the same tack: At least one #1 seed goes down relatively early; every Big 12 team [...]
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Man, this year is going to be good, not only because the teams are good, but because there are good stories out there. I tell myself that I don’t care about storylines, but at some point, I absorb them. I repeat them. They become part of my conversations. All the extraneous detail from those player [...]
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If you’re 35-ish and you’ve followed basketball, you probably recall the virtues of the pre – David Stern NBA, the simpler times when corporate logos were incidental, local heroes more accessible, and the entire sport more truly fan-friendly. Stern always talks about fan-friendliness, but his NBA is a Product and the “friendliness” seems as produced as two-for-one [...]
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SI’s Jack McCallum just published an article about the Suns-Spurs series that includes an intriguing peek into the mind of Robert Horry. As every NBA fan knows, Horry’s blood runs cold during the playoffs, evidenced by his penchant for hitting dagger-like three-point bombs and his nickname, “Big Shot Rob.” (NBA.com has a page dedicated to [...]
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My name is Doug LeMoine. I work both on, and for, the Internet. You can find more about me in the About Me page that I wrote about me.
