Condolences go out to the Meminger family and the Marquette family following the passing of Dean Meminger, a member of the Marquette NIT championship team in 1970 and a former New York Knicks. I had lunch with Dean in June at a Cuban restaurant in Yonkers, NY, and he was happy to take me up on my request to give a phone call to my dad, Bob, also a Marquette alum. We talked a little Warriors history, including how coach Al
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So you want to be a sportswriter? A lot of young folks do. My inbox is flooded with e-mails from young writers looking to break into the business, and I am happy to announce that Michael Scotto will be joining SheridanHoops.com as our new Knicks/Nets columnist, replacing the dearly departed Moke Hamilton of HoopsWorld.com. I have been covering the NBA for 21 years now (first game covered was Bucks-Knicks at Madison Square Garden), and there are few people who have been as
You know it is a slow news day when the lead item of the evening news has to do with a player getting a haircut. But the appetite for news never ceases, nor does our determination to keep bringing you something to whet your appetite, like the discussion of steak in the Tweet of the Night (must-read for meat lovers and Milwaukeeans). And the Top 10 Worst Free Agent signings, which was posted today — and is a nice counterpoint to
The best steak in the world is served at a place called the Five O’Clock club on the near West Side in Milwaukee. The place is in Jeffrey Dahmer’s old neighborhood, they take your order at the bar, then they seat you, and you feast like a Roman on the perfect concoction of blackened sizzle on the outside and tender perfection on the inside (Yes, I know, I also just described Beyonce). But the picture to your left is from my
It has been a little less than three weeks since we published the final edition of the Top 25 Remaining Unsigned Free Agents. One of those players finally dropped the “unsigned” tag Monday as another dog day of August passed. Anthony Tolliver will be joining the Charlotte Bobcats, who no longer occupy the No. 30 spot in our Power Rankings (we have an August edition up). No, he is not going to crack the list of Top 10 signings published today, but
Around here, we’ve been pretty skeptical about then possibility of Kobe Bryant returning from his ruptured Achilles tendon and playing for the Lakers on opening night. Why? The injury he sustained — a torn Achilles tendon — typically takes at least 9 months to heal. He was injured in April, so that would make January the 9-month mark. Yes, the guy is superhuman, and everyone’s body heals at a different speed, but the opening night banter seemed patently ridiculous to anyone