We spent a splendid week on the hard courts, watching our nieces own the game of basketball. From our perch on bleachers throughout Wisconsin and Illinois, we saw a couple of blowouts and a genuine nail-biter involving a ref mandated wholesale uniform change, the likes of which we'd never seen before. Through our nieces we [...]
It takes a generous foot to walk a mile in John Henson's shoes. You'd have to wear a size 15 and have a record-setting wing span. You'd have to have been raised right, in a tight-knit family, with two parents who are business executives and a sister who plays college basketball at Duke. You'd have [...]
My brother in-law Keith never intended to play basketball when he and his cousin Priscilla attended Pompano Beach High School. "It was my mother's wish that I attend Pompano Beach High School," Keith said. "It was not mine." Obediently, the 14-year old agreed to help Priscilla in her efforts to integrate the high school, but [...]
It’s pretty easy to spot the motion W these days. On flags, hats, T-shirts, sweat shirts, license plates and baked goods, the University of Wisconsin logo has become a ubiquitous presence in a nation obsessed with sports and sporting personalities. For a team that hasn’t won a national title since 1941, the Badger men’s basketball [...]