AMAT VICTORIA CURAM
“Victory favors those who take pains,” says the latin phrase when translated.
Category: Team
RECALIBRATION
The National Basketball Association (NBA), National Hockey League (NHL) and Major League Baseball (MLB) all use a series format during the post season. That means you get to see the same ugly dudes for at least four straight games. Tonight the Lakers face the formidable New Orleans Hornets with an invigorated Chris Paul a.k.a. CP3. …
LAMAR ODOM’S ROAD TO SIXTH MAN
It’s hard to describe the allure, if there be any, of playing a reserve role. Lamar Odom is a reserve. He is a good one too but he’s a reserve nonetheless. But he’s the guy that everyone knows could and probably should start. They say you can’t teach 6’11”. True. and I’ll do you one …
GOOD FRIDAY
About 12 noon on Friday I received a couple of calls from family. They became missed calls, one from my grandmother and one from my dad. Granddad had been admitted to the hospital the night prior with serious complications of various sorts. He’d been ill. Ironically, I had just attempted to call him the day …
HURRICANE PASSION
The first time I heard the name Rubin Carter was in 1999 when the movie The Hurricane, starring Denzel Washington, was released. I was riveted learning the story of a falsely imprisoned #1 boxing contender who had arrested the interest and compassion of a young boy being educated in Toronto, Canada. Movies never do real …
HOME AND AWAY
When the basketball season ended this year, I experienced legitimate grief. I am currently a high school boys basketball coach who used to be a girls high school basketball coach. I coach in the summers doing camps. I coach privately. Coaching has become more being than doing. But this year I lost my entire team …
PLAYING HURT
We all do it sometimes. Kobe Bryant sprained his ankle on Saturday, March 12, 2011 against the Dallas Mavericks in a game that mattered. Lakers needed the win against a team they just happen to be chasing in the Western Conference standings. And you knew the injury was significant because Bryant left the bench and …