BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- Happy Father’s Day to all the dads, step-dads and foster dads out there. If you aren’t a father (yet) it is hard to describe what a joy that this role can be…it is literally the gift that keeps on giving. With that said, let’s hit the links:
-- Okay, so maybe Kevin Kuwik’s suggestion to have Archie Miller join him in the Twitterverse wasn’t such a great idea:
http://twitter.com/#!/Archie_Miller
I think Doug Hauschild needs to do an intervention here with Archie, stat.
-- OHSH.com with a list of Ohio recruits getting calls from colleges. UD is mentioned with several 2013 kids:
http://www.ohiohshoops.com/2011/06/r...s-6172011.html
-- Not so much here in the State of Michigan, according to alleyesonuhoops.com:
http://www.alleyesonuhoops.com/june15.html
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The good news: former Flint Powers SG Javontae Hawkins, who is headed to Huntington Prep, mentions Dayton among the schools he has offers or is hearing from.
The bad news: he lists 24 different colleges!
http://www.nbebasketball.com/w3/2011...d-on-the-move/
-- Meanwhile in Fitchburg, MA my alma mater Notre Dame Prep continues to load up on D-1 talent:
http://blog.northstarbball.com/2011/...--cassell.aspx
-- Pat Forde of ESPN.com with his list of the top ten overachievers and underachievers in college hoops:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/column...pat&id=6595711
-- The great Joe Posnanski with his read on the Dallas Mavs beating fellow former Clevelander LeBron James and his playmates in the NBA Finals:
http://joeposnanski.blogspot.com/201...ling-heat.html
-- The day after the Finals ended, Macy’s pulled a “Dewey beats Truman” in
The Miami Herald:
http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-bl...onship-shirts/
-- ESPN’s Sports Guy Bill Simmons has launched Grantland, a website devoted to sports and pop culture:
http://www.grantland.com/
The initial reviews of Grantland are mixed.
Deadspin doesn’t think much of it:
http://deadspin.com/5811438/elaines-...ntland-fallacy
Slate wonders what audience Bill Simmons is targeting:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/sco...er-humble.aspx
However, this piece from Grantland by former
Washington Post reporter Jane Leavy is pretty ****ed good and just in time for Father’s Day and the final round of the U.S Open:
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6673033/one-round
-- Craig Wolff at
The Wall Street Journal thinks that it is time for all sports reporters to hit the highway:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...le_Lifestyle_5
-- Actor Liev Schreiber is that guy -- the voice who narrates all of the great sports documentaries on HBO:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...043381082.html
-- Let’s hear it for the Whiffle Ball!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...E_Video_second
-- “I’ll take weird habits for $1,000, Alex.”
Brony
“What do you call a grown man who likes to watch My Little Pony, Alex?”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...le_Lifestyle_5
--Can you think of a better guy to read the audio book version of the children’s story for adults
Go the F**k to Sleep than Samuel L. Jackson?
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat...o-sleep_b32306
That’s it “From the Swamp.”
You can email me at:
swampy@udpride.com