Musical Chairs and the .03%

The Inglewood Tigers was the first basketball team for which I played but the first competitive game I ever played was Musical Chairs. Talk about an extended metaphor for life. I remember crying because some girl in the middle of a growth spurt sat herself in that last chair after blocking me out  when the …

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Back to School

Few firsts come close to rivaling the first day of school.

Ramen to Ruinous Riches

“He is the most coveted amateur player in the history of the Draft and a potential front-line starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals,” said Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo of Stephen Strasburg who finally signed a contract worth $15.1 million. The financial language of the big leagues is foreign to us because they deal …

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Soapbox #2: Why no Women’s Sports highlights on ESPN?

Ramona Rams Varsity Bball Summer Squad 2009 They can’t fine me if I Twit this because I don’t work for them or any professional sports league. The truth is that I attended my first WNBA game yesterday (LA Sparks vs. Indiana Fever). It was a great game, a fundamental game, an entertaining game – the …

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Changing is not an option

There is a time for change in thought and deed, not for the sake of doing something different but so that you might become more aligned with truth.

You might need a schedule

The hardest thing to coral is time because it’s futile to attempt it. You only get 86,400 seconds in your day whether you’re Kanye West, Johnny Depp or Penelope Cruz. Time is beautifully elusive by nature of its ability to be unamused or manipulated. Time will not wait nor will it accelerate at the will …

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It’s Okay to be Proud of Someone Else

Yesterday I enjoyed spending some time with a longtime friend who now plays in the National Basketball Association. My grandmother, “Nana” as we know and love her, called and told me my childhood friend was doing a shoe giveaway down in Watts and that I should pick up some things for my girls Varsity Basketball …

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