WEST BLOOMFIELD (MI) -- These right here are what you call the “dog days of the off-season.” Not a whole lot happening on the Flyer basketball front, altho AG is headed north of the border to assist Bill Self in coaching the USA Under 18 Team and then the UD Team Camp will be held June 23rd and 24th.
In the meantime, “FTS” scoured the internet and came up with some tasty tidbits to help us all kill some time:
-- Granted, it was mostly a forgettable campaign, but here are Dayton Flyers Top 10 plays of 2017-18 season:
https://www.daytondailynews.com/spor...XXNPREzowEPbK/
-- Xeyrius Williams explains himself on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bjv1_maA...d=6o9vyp5x676q
--Three new names to add to the AG recruiting funnel:
Ismael Cruz: http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/ismael-cruz
Prince Gillam: http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/prince-gillam
Dontaie Allen: http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/dontaie-allen
-- Former Flyer Chip Hare describes his battle with cancer:
https://www.uvmc.com/Cancer-Care/Why.../Chip-s-Story/
-- UD’s Michael LaPlaca explains how the Flyers use music to help create brand recognition and keep its fans passionate:
https://twitter.com/SVGCollege/statu...82416281600000
From the “FTS” vault, here is an interview I did with Mike 8 years ago:
http://www.udpride.com/forums/showth...ichael+LaPlaca
-- A story profiling LeBron James’ NBA career somehow weaves in mentions of two former Flyers—
Chris Wright and Juwan Staten:
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2...mpression=true
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Dayton Daily News columnist Tom Archdeacon’s podcast chat on his (unintended) career, Miami Vice and more:
https://www.mydaytondailynews.com/ne...3n4gFyAejLTUO/
-- Here is a list of the Top 10 College Basketball Travel Destinations according to
TripSavvy.com:
https://twitter.com/SportsPac12/stat...52911420805121
-- The Atlantic 10 Conference and ESPN have reached a multi-year media rights deal for more than 500 conference events each year to be carried on ESPN+:
http://www.atlantic10.com/ViewArticl...CLID=211717410
-- Conference USA made headlines by rejiggering the format of their conference schedule:
http://www.wbko.com/content/sports/C...483950131.html
Here is “The Hometown Coach” Mark Adams perspective on C-USA’s bold scheduling move:
https://www.facebook.com/enthusiadam...96497207291828
-- From the archives of
Sports Illustrated, a great piece on fishing in the Florida Keys with Ted Williams:
https://www.si.com/mlb/2015/02/06/si...s-florida-keys
-- Hey ladies, wanna get pumped up? Check out Abby Wambach’s inspirational commencement address at Barnard College:
https://barnard.edu/commencement/arc...ambach-remarks
-- Don’t want to ignore the guys, so if you are single then this young lady is definitely wife material:
https://www.mlb.com/cut4/meet-gabby-...er/c-279997458
That’s it “From the Swamp.”
You can email me at:
swampy@udpride.com