Blogs: Shark Bytes
Rafer is solid, but the Lakers are too tough
Wayman Tisdale will be missed
I was so sad when I heard about the passing of Wayman Tisdale, at 44, last week from cancer. It shows how many people he touched, and what so many ...
Nuggets have a lotta UNLV in them
I talked this week with Tim Grgurich and Mark Warkentien, two of my former assistants who are working in Denver, and both of them told me how much the Nuggets ...
A tribute to Gondo
I wanted to make it back to Las Vegas real bad for Gondo’s memorial celebration at the Thomas & Mack Center, but I just could not get out of Fresno. ...
Jesse Jackson, Boyd Grant and Rollie’s secret pact
I’m just now settling down from a hectic whirlwind, so I can address a few readers’ inquiries. Had a fantastic time at the Final Four in Detroit. Originally, I wasn’t ...
LeBron James is incredible, but …
I had a lot of fun coaching in college, because that’s what I did my whole life. But the NBA would have been fun if I had been there longer and we would have won.
Findlay, Izzo and my passport
Yep, I made it to Detroit. I said I wouldn’t go, I didn’t want to go, it was all to spread out and there wasn’t a main headquarters for all the coaches to get together and be seen.
Don’t remind me about 1977
Well, I picked North Carolina when the tournament started and I just don’t think anyone will touch them, but Villanova will play the Heels tough.
Last-second scramble to get to Motown
So here I said so much about not going to Detroit for the Final Four, and now I am looking into making last-second plans to find a flight and a hotel room.
‘Nova, Purdue and the Sweet 16
I am in Phoenix for the Sweet 16 and I am really looking forward to tonight’s games.
Nobody’s finer than Carolina
I spent the first three days of the NCAA tournament at the Palazzo sports book and had a wonderful time.
Heart, Dean and Digger
I was watching the UNLV game against Kentucky on Tuesday night, and when the Rebels were getting blown out people I was watching it with were bad-mouthing UNLV.
The Bluegrass State and the Wildcats
UNLV vs. Kentucky! I remember those games well and was surprised to see that the Rebels will go back to Lexington for the start of the National Invitation Tournament on Tuesday.
Loyola and Hank Gathers
Many people have asked me about that Hank Gathers team at Loyola Marymount, and it’s appropriate to talk about that with the NCAA tournament right around the corner.
Robert Smith, burnout and golf
I was just about to mention Robert Smith in my last piece, but it got to be a bit long. Then I see where he will be inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame.
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