This is the grave of Ossie Schectman. Born in Queens in 1919, Oscar Schectman grew up in a Jewish immigrant family. His parents had come over from Russia. He was a very good athlete and starred in high school in both baseball and basketball. He...
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This is the grave of John Roosma. Born in 1900, Roosma was an excellent basketball player in Passaic and played some semi-pro ball after high school. He was in fact.
I finished Winning Time last night and even though I hate the Lakers, I thought this was a quite entertaining show. It does a great job of getting at the.
I spent the last couple of nights watching Hoop Dreams for the first time in 25 years. It remains an absolutely astounding film, almost certainly the best sports documentary of all time and with an argument for the best documentary ever made. Of course, it's...
This is the grave of Len Bias. Born in 1963 in Landover, Maryland, Bias became one of the great college basketball stars of the 1980s. He starred in high school.
PORTLAND, OR - 1997: Clifford Robinson #3 of the Portland Trail Blazers smiles during a game played in 1997 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon. NOTE TO USER: User.
This is the grave of Walt Bellamy. Born in 1939 in New Bern, North Carolina, Bellmay was a star basketball player from the time he was a child and went to Indiana University in 1958 to play. The reason he chose Indiana is that it...
This grassy spot next to the Lathrop grave is the unmarked grave of Malik Sealy. Born in 1970 in the Bronx and named after Malcolm X because his father had.
We need a post about something other than politics. Larry Bird turned 60 this week. The NBA social media people created this collection of his greatest plays with commentary about.
San Francisco Chronicle sports columnist Bruce Jenkins has uncovered the true Jewish War on Christmas--David Stern saving us all from the hell of spending time with our families by making us watch NBA games. One of the most distasteful aspects of commissioner David Stern's legacy...
Thanks to a deep desire to nap and a DVR that's threatening to delete everything I want to watch, I spent a few hours this afternoon watching the Heat and.
Now this is just embarrassing: Something very ugly seems to have gone down during an exhibition basketball game between the Georgetown Hoyas and the Chinese professional team Baiyi. The Washington.