‘The Elbows’ Circa 1989  (Jim Gund -NBAE/Getty Images)

Karl Malone owns many vaunted distinctions. He’s second all-time in points scored, was named to the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, was a two-time MVP, won an Olympic gold medal to name a few, and he really knows how to light up a room on draft […]

While my last entry about Jerry Sloan as a leading man (you know - in the suaveness department) was a little sarcastic, it wasn’t sarcastic in the sense that Coach Sloan deserves to be rewarded for his leading role in the NBA. Not just by every coach or sportscaster ever interviewed about the Jazz […]

Is it that we were witnesses
To a hand unseen? Something preternatural or mere routine?
May we attest to extrasensory perception?
Or something less supernatural…
Just perfection.
Coach calls the play
Karl sets a pick above the free throw line,
Has his hands raised high,
And John passes the ball in perfect time.
The stat-keeper instinctively adds two points.
The crowd begins to roar,
Before they […]

As any good psychotherapist would do, he has me go back to the root of my problem. So, here I am once again, reliving the horrific final moments of game 6 of the 1998 NBA finals…Michael Jordan is still hovering high above the Delta Center floor.
He’s above a bruised and broken Bryon Russell; above […]

It is Homecoming at the University of Utah this week. I am going to the dance. Yes there is a dance, even though we aren’t in high school anymore. Every Homecoming, high school or college, the school tries to reflect back on past memories. It always makes me reflect as well. Seeing as I am […]