During the winter of my sophomore year of college I came home from basketball practice crying, only to find this little fella sitting on my laptop keyboard. And I’ve loved him ever since. He’s topped several Christmas trees and brought joy to children and adults alike, and I thought I’d share him with you on this very special Christmas. Thanks to Becca Madson for her glittering skills all those years ago.
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
Photo courtesy of Kentucky.com
Huge upset in College Basketball last week that did not receive its just do, and this blog is intended to rectify that – or as Sarah Palin would say, “refudiate” it. Nothing wrong with a new coinage every now and then. Let us remember that “spork” has not been part of our vocabulary for very long (Editor’s Note: spork has been a part of my vocabulary my entire life – just FYI).
Last Tuesday, while Coach Rick Pitino was working his bolt to coach the Puerto Rican Olympic Team (how jealous of Coach K must he be to do that? I have heard of kids going to med school in the Caribbean when they get shut out in the States, but this is ridiculous), Coach Bruiser Flint (Hoops Report National Coach of the Week) was preparing his Drexel Dragons to knock off the #20 Louisville Cardinals. That’s right – they went into the brand new KFC (aka Yum Yum) Center and knocked Louisville out of the ranks of unbeatens, 52-46. And we all thought Ricky P. did his best work in restaurants (Editor’s Note: oh no he didn’t).
Irving at Oregon (AP/Troy Wayrynen)
Editor’s Note: Apparently I have great influence, because my dad, former college basketball coach Denny Carroll, has decided he needs to be a blogger. So I’m going to help him get some practice (we’re talking about practice).
Feedback is welcome, but only if it’s nice.
Prior to Duke freshman phenom Kyrie Irving going down with a toe injury, there were some rumblings among college basketball writers about the possibility of Duke accomplishing the same memorable feat Coach K’s mentor (General Robert Montgomery Knight) did with the Indiana Hoosiers in ’76, i.e. “Run the Table” (undefeated NCAA Champs!).
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