The IronDog Chronicles

Even if less than half of college basketball players should not be labeled student-athletes…
Here’s one reason why college basketball is great. Appreciate the true hero of the first half of the decade…I’m serious…It’s Cal’s Leon Powe. If you need to learn a background on why, check out Malcolm Moran’s feature on Powe in today’s USA […]

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A buddy of mine sent me the “Chronic of Narnia” online segment from SNL via YouTube last week…
It cracked me up, and I loved every second of it. Even more so, because each and every day that I stroll past Magnolia Bakery, I’m stunned that people wait in line for their cupcakes and “home-made” recipes. […]

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A little rusty on the mic, but a lot of fun…’Big Fun’…
I started out with ‘Go Ahead, John’ off of Miles Davis’s Big Fun album. Nice tune to start with, and I had a taste for the Blues yesterday. With that said, I found a Big Walter Horton album off of Alligator Records that was […]

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I finally finished another Michael Lewis classic yesterday…
When I read his pieces, I turn everything off to let the master entertain, and I didn’t want to go halfway with this one.
So, I waited for a good time slot to block out because this piece, “Coach Leach Goes Deep…Very Deep” that appeared in last week’s […]

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R.I.P Richard Pryor

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I found a crumpled Time Magazine crumpled in the hall the other day…
It’s the October 24, 2005 issue that has Steve Jobs on the cover emboldened by light blue letters set on a blackened computer screen asking ‘What’s Next?’
In the issue, there’s a great conversation between six…Would you say cultural leaders?…experts that are […]

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I know a lot about family business relationships, but here’s a good on-court family relationship that’s been surrounded by a lot of successful people over the years…
Check out David DuPree’s USA Today article on Danny Ferry, and the work Ferry has been doing as the new GM for the Cleveland Cavaliers. I always knew Ferry’s […]

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