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

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

“Michael Jordan” (YOU Can’t Quit!)

It was game four of 2-on-2 this past Saturday.  After having scored eight points in a row, I was struggling.  I was gassed and couldn’t find my wind. Hands on my knees, stripped of energy, I pleaded to my brother, my teammate, slow it down! An hour and a half before I had been bent … Read more

Being SICK is Great! (and a new name for the “common cold”)

Definition of Sick:  Affected with disease or ill health. Being sick is about as close to great as one baseline on a basketball court is to the other. For those who don’t know their way around the game of hoops, when it comes to a basketball court the baselines are the extremes of each end. … Read more