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Dave McKenna
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“It would be a rare case that the game would be replayed or points taken away and the outcome of the game reversed,” Colantuoni says. Read more

I went to good counsel another wcac school. The amount of money going between Gonzaga, St. John’s, and good counsel athletics has reached absurd heights. Read more

Everyone will remember the day that the referees changed their loyalty from Foot Locker to Under Armour. Read more

Gary was a true original. Below is a profile I wrote about him for the Charleston Gazette-Mail in his home state of West Virginia on July 4, 2016. One of the funnest people I have ever interviewed. I love most the line that summed him up most, when he awoke in the hospital at age 5 after his arm had been accidentally Read more

Wow. It’s one thing to be a star in multiple sports, but it’s another thing to do it with one arm! Holy shit! Read more

Somebody get me a book and documentary on this dude immediately. Read more

RIP Gary and thanks Dave, I did not know Gary’s story but I am glad to know it now. It did give me a what if moment to imagine if Gary had joined the Globetrotters and played alongside Meadowlark, Goose and other Trotter greats.
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Fits the pattern. The administration jobs tend to go to the people who are most devoted to destroying the agencies to which they’re appointed. Read more

I, kind of, actually... like Dolan now? Thanks, I guess?
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It has long been a smart Exacta box to put the favorite in with any Leatherbury trained horse. Another is to bet WPS on any Leatherbury horse for shits and giggles. $6 could buy the next round of beers in any given race. Read more

The world is a different place now. Stories like this have to be told over and over until we realize that human connections like this are what is important. Read more

I had to make an account just to say, what a wonderful eulogy for the star of one of the greatest games of all time. Thank you for educating me about Catlett’s life and legacy. Read more

Goddamn that final part about hearing his dad’s voice for the first time really got to me. Great write up sir. Read more

That’s a well-written article. None of that SI “His mother scrubbed floors for 13 hours a day to buy him shoulder pads” horseshit. Good job! Read more

That was amazing. Thanks for bringing Big Sid to our attention. Rest In Peace, sir.
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Wow. Now that was a read. Thanks for helping me get a little bleary eyed at the end of the workday, Dave. Read more