The IronDog Chronicles

I just saw “Hoops Dreams” again…That movie is dope, dope….dope.
To me that was more of a ‘Chicago’ story than a basketball story.  High-top fades, Cabrini projects, Seward Park, Westinghouse gym, line-dances, and house parties with no electricity..West Side livin’!…
I’ve seen “Hoops Dreams” about ten times now, but I haven’t caught it in over the last […]

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I just saw “Hoops Dreams” again…That movie is dope, dope….dope.
To me that was more of a ‘Chicago’ story than a basketball story.  High-top fades, Cabrini projects, Seward Park, Westinghouse gym, line-dances, and house parties with no electricity..West Side livin’!…
I’ve seen “Hoops Dreams” about ten times now, but I haven’t caught it in over the last […]

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What an article by Frank Deford!…Yesterday’s SI.com had a special treat for lovers of local announcers.
Deford waxes poetically of his days listening to Chuck Thompson, who was the Orioles’ announcer for years, and he’s right on with mentioning the Brooklyn/LA Dodger legend Vin Scully, but what I love about this article is that Deford taps […]

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What an article by Frank Deford!…Yesterday’s SI.com had a special treat for lovers of local announcers.
Deford waxes poetically of his days listening to Chuck Thompson, who was the Orioles’ announcer for years, and he’s right on with mentioning the Brooklyn/LA Dodger legend Vin Scully, but what I love about this article is that Deford taps […]

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Back for a new season with a new font, new dashboard…courtesy of ‘Blogger’…And let’s see if we can throw a different style of blogging coming into the fall season of 2004. 
So, without further adieu, let’s take a look at an article that was released on Wednesday afternoon from one of my all-time favorite columnists, Paul Zimmerman, of ‘Sports […]

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Back for a new season with a new font, new dashboard…courtesy of ‘Blogger’…And let’s see if we can throw a different style of blogging coming into the fall season of 2004. 
So, without further adieu, let’s take a look at an article that was released on Wednesday afternoon from one of my all-time favorite columnists, Paul Zimmerman, of […]

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