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Blake Griffin jumps over a car while the Crenshaw Elite mass choir sings R. Kelly’s I Believe I Can Fly. Javelle McGee literally dunked two balls into two baskets nearly simultaneously. Kobe made sure he locked up Most Valuable Player honors for the fourth and record time, by dropping nearly 40 points. Los Angeles did …
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Category: Character, Today's Post
When the buzzer sounded last night ending the basketball season for the Western Christian Fighting Lancers varsity basketball team, I started mulling over the losses. We played the Mustangs of John Muir High School from Pasadena. It was the second round and we were coming off a first round victory against Kern Valley. We scouted …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character
Pictured to the left is a statue with a placard above that reads: “The inquiry, knowledge and belief of truth is the sovereign good of human nature.” My wife showed it to me after she noticed it on that TV show “Who Do You Think You Are” where famous people research their ancestry. Tim McGraw …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character
It’s good to reflect while the events are fresh don’t you think? Tonight was the last league game of my first complete season as a boys basketball head coach. We lost in overtime by 6 to Ontario Christian High School. I coach Western Christian’s Fighting Lancers. The ball was in the air with roughly 10 …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Team
The sequel to my last entry is simple. My athletic director received an email from the California Interscholastic Federation (C.I.F.) liaison the morning after I encouraged parents to express their disdain with the quality of officiating in our section of high school basketball. I can hear the collective sighs of people who would say I …
Continue reading “TRUTH HURTS. WHAT’S WORSE: PART 2”
Category: Character
On February 1, 2011, I felt what all coaches have felt at one time or another, like I was getting done in by the referees. No one wants to admit feeling this way but it is what it is. And it’s noble to say, “Referees don’t lose games.” I agree with such nobility. I won’t …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Today's Post
Lights, cameras, Twitter banter, Carmelo Anthony Trade rumors and the like make the day of a game tumultuous if not exhilarating. One city is on the brink of mourning while another salivates at the possibility of landing the missing piece vital to that title run. Fan and athlete alike seem to share the same adrenaline. …
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