Category Archives: Kareem Abdul Jabbar
LeBron’s Championship Dreams
January 28, 2018
Am I dreaming? I hope so and we aren’t really getting bushwhacked by Oklahoma City and surrendering forty-three points in the first quarter to trail by nineteen. Despite shooting well we’re down sixteen at halftime and twenty after three quarters and let the gathering Thunder hit fifty-eight percent while they hang a hundred forty-eight on […]
Coaching Kobe Bryant
September 22, 2015
This story is in the collection “Basketball and Football”
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The Las Vegas Lakers
July 23, 2015
Have to admit, I don’t sit courtside when I go to Lakers games in Staples Center. I suppose I could once a year, if I find two tickets, but it would lighten me a month’s salary, so I sit up about twenty rows and that isn’t cheap either but is doable a few times a […]
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Courtside in Las Vegas
August 10, 2013
He’s the master of smooth jump shooting. He’s a shrewd passer and disruptive long-armed defender. He’s the player who hits shots when it matters. He’s Mr. Clutch, Jerry West, man in the NBA logo. He’s also the legend whose 1960s Los Angeles Lakers lose several times in the finals to the Boston Celtics of supernatural […]
Also posted in Basketball, Bazooka Limon, Boston Celtics, Jerry West, Kobe Bryant, Las Vegas, Los Angeles Lakers, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Pat Riley, Shaquille O'Neal
