There is a street in San Francisco called Tony Bennett Way. Though I've never been on it, I imagine it runs smoothly, unmindful of its neighborhood's ostentation and focused admirably on the task at hand. That's the Tony Bennett way. I thought about that Monday night as I cheered Tony Bennett's Virginia team to an [...]
Sister Jean Delores-Schmidt gave an eloquent interview following her beloved Ramblers' thrilling, last second upset of the University of Miami in the first round of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament yesterday. At 98-years old, the Loyola's team chaplain said she remembers the last time the Ramblers won the title 55 years ago, and [...]
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 [...]
Tomorrow night we'll be all decked out in our blue and gold to celebrate Marquette University's third straight trip to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. Our allegiance to the Golden Eagles Warriors began more than 30 years ago when we wandered onto that sweet little urban campus utterly naïve to its eternal hold. I thank Marquette every [...]