There may not be a sadder story about Indiana high school basketball during the era of single class play than…
During my high school basketball playing days in southern Illinois in the late 1960s one particular shooting opportunity was known…
Recently, my wife, Roxanne, and I attended the Vincennes’s Rotary Club meeting where I gave a talk about my recent…
While writing a book about Larry Bird’s high school basketball days, I became fascinated by the many stories I heard…
Mostly forgotten today, southern Illinois’ Archie Dees was one of the most highly sought after high school basketball players in…
There was something ancient and communal about small-town Indiana high school basketball in the 1960s though the 1970s, a rite…
While waiting for my book on Larry Bird’s high school basketball days to be released, I occasionally think about lesser…
Lost. A concept with many different connotations, many different vibes. Forlorn. Forsaken. Damned. Haunting notions, easily employed in an entertaining…
For every Oscar Robertson, Rick Mount, Larry Bird, or Damon Bailey, there also existed a multitude of forgotten small-town athletes…
This story centers on the time before large-scale school consolidations, class basketball, and a three point line, these changes…