Tag: Lang Whitaker

Fall means football is back! I played high school football for all of one day. I was in tenth grade, and while basketball was my primary focus, our hoops coach suggested we play a different sport in the fall—any sport—as a means to get in shape for basketball. My options were basically football or cross…

Summer Lovin’ I suppose summer officially began back in May or June. For me as a parent, summer officially begins when school lets out. At least, that’s when my schedule dramatically shifts. No more daily routine of waking up, getting to school, home for dinner, then off to bed early. Summer is a more abstract…

The Grizzlies look for long-term gains It had been a while since I felt that kind of anger bubbling up inside me, the resentment that comes along with the feeling of being slighted. It was late Sunday night in the NBA Las Vegas Summer League championship game, and Grizzlies rookie Cameron Boozer had just successfully…

It’s a cool summer Summer Breeze Let’s assume that you, like me, have been locked in on the NBA Summer Leagues over the last week or so, as the Grizzlies have provided some fun moments from Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. Yet for all the highlights and flash points, it has been one moment…