When I played Little League, Babe Ruth and high school baseball, my coaches always said when catching a fly ball, “Use two hands for beginners”. So, I always used both hands – one to catch the ball and the other to secure it in the glove. Today I watch in amazement as major league fielders poke their glove hand in the air to catch the ball. Not over their eyes and head but off to the side. Last … [Read more...]

I grew up watching great basketball players. I saw them all – Bob Pettit, Russell, Cousy, Chamberlain, Robertson, Maravich, Kareem, Jordan, Kobe, LeBron James and a host of other fantastic cagers. But in my opinion, Jerry West was the greatest of all time. Mr. West died this week at age 86. I grew up an N.C. State fan. I was born in Raleigh and worshipped the Wolfpack. When our family moved to … [Read more...]

The transfer portal. I wish I had never heard those words – likely to be the demise of college athletics as we once knew and loved. The transfer portal means an athlete has no allegiance to the college that accepted him and gave him a four-year scholarship, plus a stipend to play there. Now, if a wide receiver at State University doesn’t think the quarterback threw his way often enough, he … [Read more...]

I don’t like what’s happening in the world of sports, particularly college football and basketball. It’s no longer student athletes playing rival schools. It has become a multi-billion-dollar business with professional athletes who transfer colleges at will in order to earn more for themselves and earn more for their new coaches. The Name Image and Likeness (NIL) money means that schools with … [Read more...]