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"I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball carrier." - Dick Schaap
Wright Thompson described the feeling of what it feels like when you hear the lights go out in a major stadium. I, too, love the way it feels when power and stillness collide.
I remember reading The Education of a Coach by David Halberstam and marking pages with a highlighter, writing notes in the margin and dog-earing full pages of text. When I spoke to coaches, I recommended they read it too. The book taught me a lot about building leadership skills and coaching talent. I filed the book away on my “read”...
Basketball: A Love Story, a 20-hour, 10-part documentary on the game, debuts tonight (7 p.m. edt) on ESPN.
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