Basketball

What A Year! (2011 Recap)

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2011 mevsMJ.com Recap

From the lows of an injury to the ultimate high of meeting Michael Jordan, 2011 was truly an amazing year for me and mevsMJ.com! Read about those events and everything in between in my 2011 mevsMJ.com recap!

Michael Jordan Knows About Me and mevsMJ.com! (I Met Michael Jordan!)

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“Michael, Michael, Michael,” and with the third ever so polite calling of his name, Michael Jeffrey Jordan, the G.O.A.T. (Greatest of ALL TIME) and the reason for mevsMJ.com, stopped his conversation with a gentleman mid stride as he walked right by me this past Saturday night.

Operation NBA Body (B Meyer Training – Week 1 + Test Results)

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So last week, as you may have seen in Saturday’s post, I began individual performance training at the B Meyer training facility in Altamonte Springs, Florida. If you didn’t see Saturday’s post, Coach B Meyer has been featured in Men’s Health, USA Today, and ESPN to name a few and is the performance coach for … Read more

Me + B Meyer Training (The Man Behind Dwight Howard!)

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“Come on Ken!  Stay up!  You’ve got this!  Just a few more seconds!” were the encouraging words coming my way from Coach B, as I lay stretched out on the floor early Tuesday morning, arms and chest raised, head tucked, in full Superman mode. With effort dripping from my brow, it seemed only fitting that … Read more

Extraordinary Perseverance (One Woman’s Journey Towards Her Dreams)

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Nine years ago, with no intent, a person unknowingly became a permanent reminder in the life of a young woman striving for success. Having already achieved the kind of acclaim that had shown her the World in her field of expertise, a deep seed of motivation was planted into the soul through one pain filled … Read more

9 Hoopless Days/Nights, 2 Trips to the Doctor & Being OK With Falling Short on a Goal

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After nine extremely long days and nights that ranged from a mild soar throat and achy tiredness to a sinus infection that left me barely able to breathe or speak, I made my way back on the court this past Sunday and played the game I love. Besides my injury, that had been the longest … Read more

Who Are YOU Competing With?

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A week ago, as part of my basketball workout, I set out to make 100 NBA three pointers while logging my shooting percentage, Dave Hopla style. Shooting NBA range threes isn’t something I typically work on in my normal shooting workouts, as I have always felt until every other shot is as money as a … Read more

23 Questions with Campbell University’s Eric Griffin!

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Coach Kevin Sutton, in a kind, yet authortative tone instructed, “Alright guys, partner up!” It was my first workout with the group and on this cool spring night in May, I just so happened to get paired up with 6’8″ 215 pound Eric Griffin. With his height and long arms that stretch into tomorrow, I … Read more

Me vs. Damon Jones (The Shootout That ALMOST Was)

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During my time out at Impact Basketball’s Competitive League, I was once again shown the power of social media and in particular Twitter. During my layover in Phoenix, Arizona, I sent a challenge out to 11 year NBA veteran and three point sharpshooter Damon Jones.  I knew Damon would be at Impact’s event in Las … Read more

I’m Headed to Vegas! Who’s Got Next?? (@impactbball)

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Later this morning I will land in Las Vegas, Nevada for the first time. I won’t be there to vacation or to gamble. I’ll be there for Impact Basketball’s Competitive Training Series, which is a league featuring games with up to 60 current NBA players! I’m going because I LOVE the game of basketball! I’m … Read more

New Opponents, Conditioning & 45 Free Throws in a Row!

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OK, it’s been forever since I’ve played anyone 1-on-1 (June 21st actually) and while I had hoped to have numerous games between then and now, almost every single thing I had lined up fell through. On top of that, for the last couple of weeks I’ve felt like I’m running in mud, so last week … Read more