It’s Freakin’ Hot Outside!

BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — As I write this, it is 89 degrees outside…at 9:00AM on a Saturday morning! Sounds like a good day to forget about mowing the grass and to stay inside and hit the links. Here we go!

— Gotta agree with Flyer PBP guy Larry Hansgen — the more former Flyers in the NBA, the better:

http://www.daytondailynews.com/dayton-sports/university-of-dayton-flyers/commentary-more-flyers-in-nba-will-benefit-program-1398972.html

Good luck to Chris Wright, Chris Johnson, Devin Searcy and Brian Roberts in the NBA Summer League!

— Meanwhile, Kevin Dillard is headed to Las Vegas for the LeBron James Skills Academy. He’ll be joined on the college roster by former Mouskie Mark Lyons, Murray State pain-in-the-butt Isaiah Cannon and U of M PG deluxe Trey Burke. The HS roster has several guys with whom UD is involved, including Romulus (MI) HS guards EC Matthews and Wes Clark:

http://www.zagsblog.com/2012/07/07/lebron-james-high-school-roster/

BTW, both Clark and Matthews recently visited UD for the 2nd time, according to Matt Schwade over at FlyerHoops.net.

— It’s that time of year when the newly updated HS player rankings are released.

Rivals Top 150 for 2013:

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/rankings/rank-2752

Scout Top 100 for 2013:

http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=9&c=4&cfg=bb&pid=88&yr=2013

Rivals Top 100 for 2014:

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/rankings/rank-2993

Scout Top 75 for 2014:

http://scouthoops.scout.com/2/1199868.html

— Just recently stumbled on this site called Court Cred. Looks like it might be worthwhile once the college and HS hoops season rolls around:

http://courtcred.com/

— The guys at Dayton Sports Beat just realized that those emails they were getting from GoDaddy.com were telling them they would be shut down. Fortunately, they got it straightened out and are back in biz:

http://www.daytonsportsbeat.com/

— If you are a young guy and have ever thought about being a coach, here are some good tips to follow:

http://www.ihoops.com/training-room/coaches/9-Tips-for-Young-Basketball-Coaches.htm?cmp=17-6-1755

— Here is a great interview featuring two of the most intense basketball players of all time — Hall of Famer Bill Russell and Kevin Garnett:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90MtenZBABM&feature=player_embedded

— Kids, this is why you always run out a ground ball in baseball…even if it’s foul:

http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/msn/the_twins_brian_dozier_literally_hit_a_curveball/11125370

I can honestly say I have never seen that happen before!

— The key to a perfect golf swing is good foresight:

http://www.fark.com/vidplayer/7189916

— Golf Detroit…literally!

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/18945787/2012/07/03/charlie-leduff-golfs-the-length-of-detroit