Chris Stevens

"There's a dark side to each and every human soul. We wish we were Obi-Wan Kenobi, and for the most part we are, but there's a little Darth Vader in all of us. Thing is, this ain't no either-or proposition. We're talking about dialectics, the good and the bad merging into us. You can run but you can't hide. My experience? Face the darkness. Stare it down. Own it. As brother Nietzsche said, being human is a complicated gig. So give that ol' dark night of the soul a hug. Howl the eternal yes!"

Chris Stevens --- Northern Exposure

Granddaddy

On fathers day yesterday my thoughts went to my father, he passed away on my birthday in 1979. One of the stories he told was how he use to hall empty shine jars from the creamery to a maker when he was sixteen. The police stopped him a number of times and would smell the jars but they were always clean and empty so he never was charged. Click here and listen to A.J. Roach sing about the times of my fathers teen years in West Virginia.

Flag Bearer

"The American flag means everything in my life - everything that describes me, coming from another country and going through all of the stages that I have to become a U.S. citizen," Lomong said. "This is another amazing step for me in celebrating being an American. Seeing my fellow Americans coming behind me (in the Opening Ceremony) and supporting me will be a great honor - the highest honor. It's just a happy day. I don't even have the words to describe how happy I am."


That is Lopez Lomong describing  how he felt about being the flag bearer for the United States Olympic Team in 2008. Click here to find out who else had that honor for our country, and read more about Lomong as well.

Greatest Athlete

In my mind perhaps the greatest athlete of all time was....., click here to read the article from espn.com by Ron Flatter and who we think it was. Before you go there though, who do you think it was?

Success

 

"The truth is, everybody I've ever met who's successful is a workaholic."

---ICE-T

"Mercy Now"

For some reason on late spring mornings the sound of blues music makes me feel better. Click here and listen to Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue Featuring The McCrary Sisters performing "Mercy Now" at Music City Roots live from the Loveless Cafe on 3.16.2011.

370 Points

Doug Moe and Paul Westhead were way ahead of the game, going back as far as 1983 when Moe was head coach for the Denver Nugget's in the NBA. Perhaps one of the greatest games in NBA history was the game on December 13, 1983 in a game between Denver and the Detroit Pistons. The final score had Detroit winning 186-184 in triple overtime.

Here are some thoughts from Alex English and Kiki Vandeweghe about Doug Moe's system. It was written by Eric Neel in an article on ESPN.com, this fits how I and many others feel about "The System" today;

 "It was basketball at its purest," he says. "Free-flowing, with the pressure off the players." At a time when the iconic face of coaching in America was Bobby Knight's red-cheeked rant at some poor kid unfortunate enough to miss a teammate coming off a back-screen, Moe, more like a bandleader, was letting his guys find a groove. "Everyone knew what their roles were," English says. "But no one was limited or afraid to try things." Even now, Vandeweghe chuckles just thinking about how much fun it was: "Doug never criticized a shot."

This is why I and many love "The System" so much. Click here and read the entire article about that special night. Oh,  by the way there were only four three point attempts in that game.