BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — Summer time and reading just seem to go together, don’t they? Grab a lemonade, kick back and relax!

— Archie Miller is the highest paid Head Basketball Coach in the Atlantic 10. Let’s keep it that way!

http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/news/uds-miller-highest-paid-coach-in-a-10/nrdhc/?pxIOb7

— Archie and staff will have a visitor this weekend — highly touted 2017 PG McKinley Wright from Minnesota, according to this Tweet from Julius Kim of Phenom Hoops:

2017 @D1Minnesota PG McKinley Wright tells @Phenom Hoops he will visit #Dayton this weekend.

— As if Kendall Pollard doesn’t already have enuf on his mind with the death of Steve McElvene and his recovery from surgery, he also recently lost a teammate from Simeon HS:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-saieed-ivey-simeon-met-20160609-story.html

Ivey managed to get out of inner city Chicago and was enrolled at a college in LA and this happens? Dang.

— You can forget about Sam Miller’s Gonzaga Prep HS teammate Chris Lykes coming to UD — he recently verballed to The U:

http://www.scout.com/college/basketball/recruiting/story/1677916-chris-lykes-commits-miami

— June 15th is the first day that college coaches can call 2018 HS prospects, so expect to see some fresh names pop up on Archie’s recruiting radar screen at http://verbalcommits.com/schools/dayton

— Four reasons why the City of Dayton should continue to host the First Four. Hershey, PA? I don’t think so.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/sports/college-basketball/four-reasons-dayton-should-continue-to-host-first-/nrcdX/

— Nice profile on Brian Roberts from the Portland Trailblazers website:

http://www.nba.com/blazers/player-profile-brian-roberts

My old WXYT “The Ticket” Sports Radio buddy TJ Ansley is now working in Digital Media for the Blazers. I wonder if he helped put this online?

— The college basketball transfer list has topped 600 players:

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/14390188/college-basketball-transfer-list

— Dunking from the FT line? It’s not just for Michael Jordan anymore:

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/news/free-throw-line-dunk-pat-dickert-colby-college-instagram/129tw5ofn21901s3ghul2k3i16

— Another great story from Tom Archdeacon at The DDN. This one is about Dayton area auctioneer Doug Sorrell and his relationship with the great Muhammed Ali:

http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/sports/tom-archdeacon-how-ali-struck-a-chord-with-a-local/nrdwj/?source=ddn_skip_stub

Prior to becoming an auctioneer, Doug sold advertising for WTUE and he is an old friend from my WVUD radio days in Dayton.

— The great Joe Posnanski writes about the smash Broadway hit “Hamilton” and its impact on his daughter Elizabeth:

http://sportsworld.nbcsports.com/hamilton/?utm_network=facebook&utm_post=5823956&utm_source=FB%20-%20NBC%20SportsWorld&utm_tags=srm[article]

— A multimedia look at a day in the life of the world’s busiest airport, ATL:

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/11/travel/atl24/?hpt=hp_t1

— Moe’s has supposedly passed Chipotle as America’s favorite Mexican chain? You will never convince my taste buds that:

http://www.eater.com/2016/6/9/11895326/moes-americas-favorite-mexican-chain

— Speaking of food, here is an interview with CNN’s Anthony Bourdain:

http://www.adweek.com/news/television/anthony-bourdain-food-porn-youtube-stars-and-his-intolerance-gluten-free-diets-171669?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link

— Don Henley discusses the complete Eagles discography with Rolling Stone:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/eagles-complete-discography-don-henley-looks-back-20160610

— Look I understand that there are always going to be “truthers” out there. JFK assassination truthers; Apollo moon landing truthers; Obama birth certificate truthers. But Jeebus is there any lower life form in the universe than Sandy Hook truthers?

http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2232-my-son-died-at-sandy-hook-conspiracy-nuts-think-im-lying.html

Do they really think the murder of 27 innocent people was a government conspiracy? Get a life. Stop calling the victims’ parents already.

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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