Tag Archives: basketball

HANDS OF BRICK by Peter Nolan Smith

April 4, 2013 – 11:44 am

Hockey and baseball have long been New England’s two favorite sports, since they offered outdoor entertainment to young boys in the seaons of good sledding and bad sledding. Our gods played in Fenway Park and the Boston Garden, but one night a radio announcer’s raspy voice introduced the world of basketball and Johnny Most sunk […]

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Too Far For North Korea

April 2, 2013 – 2:43 pm

According to the BBC UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said the North Korea “crisis has gone too far” after Pyongyang announced plans to restart its main Yongbyon nuclear complex. In late-February ex-Laker and Piston rebounder Dennis Rodman paid a visit to North Korea. The retired basketball star met with Kim Jong-un to discuss basketball and […]

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Not Chuck Daly

November 17, 2012 – 1:54 am

Two days ago I went into the NBA store of 5th Avenue and a salesperson on the elevator said that I looked like Chuck Daly, the 80s coach of the Detroit Pistons. I was crushed that I was in such a state of ruin, however today I went there to buy a gift and the […]

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Doug Henders Opening OCT 26 NYC

October 22, 2012 – 9:04 am

Doug Henders and I played basketball on the courts of Tompkins Square Park for years. His painting of an astronaut hangs in the dining room of this townhouse. Last December I visited his exhibition in Koln. Do yourself a favor and see his work this October 26 at the Mayson Gallery. Mayson Gallery 254 Broome […]

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Hanging Sneakers

June 7, 2012 – 6:58 pm

Several years ago the BBC News broadcasted a report on the ‘Mystery of NYC’s Hanging Sneakers’. The sight of laced Adidas sneakers draped over telephone wires had befuddled the British and their research came up with several plausible reasons for the phenomena. One social worker attributed the occurrence to a sign of gangs. If you […]

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