By: Michael D. McClellan | The dream starts here, in the gang-infested, drug-ravaged projects of New York’s South Bronx, a place where bullets fly and dreams die in near synchronous rhythm, a concert of violence that plays on a continuous loop next door, down the street, all around. Murder in the 4-0 – New York’s 40th […]
By: Michael D. McClellan | Tony Delk arrived in Boston as part of Rick Pitino’s UK pipeline, a member of the ’96 Kentucky championship team dubbed “The Untouchables” and still regarded as one of the greatest collegiate teams ever. Antoine Walker was on that team. Walter McCarty, too. Ron Mercer. Wayne Turner. All eventually wore a […]
By: Michael D. McClellan | He played in the league with that red, white and blue ball, teaming with the great Rick Barry and doing battle with the incomparable Julius Erving, but his ultimate thrill was winning an NBA Championship with Dave Cowens, John Havlicek, Jo Jo White, and the rest of the 1975-76 Boston Celtics. […]
By: Michael D. McClellan | Someone had to bear the burden of replacing arguably the greatest winner in the history of professional sports, and that someone turned out to be Hank Finkel. A karaoke singer who had somehow wandered onto Pavarotti’s stage, Finkel performed for an audience spoiled by the immensely unattainable standards of his predecessor. […]
By: Michael D. McClellan | The modern day NBA is awash with versatile big men, the kind of players who can score both inside and out, the kind of players who can battle underneath on one possession, and who can step behind the three-point line and knock down a long-distance trey on the next. Dirk Nowitzki […]