Stardate 108-20110223 - Shootaround Deluxe
CHICAGO -- Every single one of the conference games going on tonight, and tomorrow, and Friday and Saturday too, were scheduled months in advance by a league office (or, in some cases, years ago). Some were circled rivalry games worth driving a day for, others were just-anothers.

Stardate 65-20110111 - Football Independence Day (Observed)
CHICAGO -- America has one more month in its ongoing annual quest to figure out how to allow violence to thrive in tightly-controlled, non-contaminated petri dishes. But as you might have heard, last night marked the conclusion of the Ugly Season.

Trickle-Down Transfers
As a prep, Jonathan Huffman was a 6-5 shooting star at Central Park Christian in Birmingham, just another wide-eyed kid trying valiantly to model his game after Michael Jordan’s. But then something interesting happened — his height shot up seven inches, but his hands remained small and soft.

Dribblings 1/17/2005 (Numerology Edition)
America East: Albany 58, Maine 49 (story) - We recently rattled off a list of conference teams that UAlbany could beat, but we didn't indicate a perceived ability to topple upper-division hopeful Maine. Since they were able to do so - up in Orono, no less - speaks to their meteoric rise through the America East ranks.

The Show
Twenty years ago, I was running a tech consultancy in Philadelphia with my friend from college. It was called The System Factory and his name was Steve. I don't remember much detail about our day-to-day business back in 2001 Q4, except that there were no good days at all anymore. We all knew time was running out.