Showing posts with label Basketball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Basketball. Show all posts

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Kareem's Insight

According to IMDb, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has appeared in 147 different TV shows and movies (He was a suspect on Mannix in '71!) That's as good an entrance as any, I suppose, to have a monthly entertainment column in Esquire magazine. Some lines from the first two columns:
I was a teenager when I first read Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If”
One of the best models for male behavior in shows aimed at teens is ABC Family’s Bunheads, which features a group of ballet students and their charming teacher.
And that makes Django [Unchained] melodrama, not literature. It offers no insights, only the most familiar observations.
I have a vast collection of Wild West paraphernalia and have read extensively on the era.
Goes to show you can't judge a book by his purple-and-gold cover.

Thursday, February 21, 2013

"I'm Gonna Tell You What I'm Gonna Do"

When you type the name Craig Ehlo into Google, Google will helpfully suggest that you are looking for the shot, as in 'The Shot', as in the defining moment of Michael Jordan's definition-defying career:

Jordan turned 50 last week (and has been retired for 10 years, and hasn't been a Bull for 14), and this interview with Craig Ehlo gives you an idea of one of the hardest jobs ever: trying to guard the greatest player in the game.