Tag: basketball
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Space Jam: A New Legacy – A Movie Review
I found myself thoroughly entertained by Space Jam: A New Legacy as I watched it with my kids. Look, you know what you’re getting with this. LeBron James is playing basketball with Looney Tunes characters. What more can you expect from a movie with this premise? Is LeBron the world’s greatest actor? No, but he’s…
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ESPN’s The Last Dance – A Few Thoughts
I was born in 1977, so I got to experience the Bulls’ championships while in high school and college, which was pretty cool. I loved the NBA during those years. I remember staying up late on school nights every season during the playoffs to take it all in. When The Last Dance debuted on ESPN,…
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I Once Made An Amazing Basketball Play … That My Coach Hated
Though I now love basketball as an adult, I wasn’t into it at all as a child. In fact, I didn’t really start playing basketball until I entered seventh grade. I’m guessing a four inch growth spurt (also, my last growth spurt) prompted this interest in the sport. I liked it a lot, more than…
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Crossover Dribble by PJ Farris – A Book Review
One thing’s for sure: PJ Farris knows basketball! In this young adult novel released by Mayhaven Publishing, Joe Perkins is a young man desperately in love with the game of basketball and willing to do anything to improve his playing skills. However, his father—a hardworking, relentless farmer—is constantly after Joe to help out more on…