Quick NBA Draft Thoughts
The NBA Draft was once an annual opportunity for a lengthy, rambling post where I pretended to be Bill Simmons or some other national writer. Or at least that’s how my first ever blog post here went. 2026 seemed like a year to jump back into that routine, as a Kansas Jayhawk was poised to be selected at the top…
Weekend Notes
Plenty happened over the weekend that requires at least a quick blurb or two. HS Basketball This was an evaluation weekend, when college coaches can come in and watch teams play, so CHS participated in one of the big, local events. Two games Friday, two Saturday. The team went 3–1. They won two overtimes games, one in doubt OT. They…
Weather And Sports Notes
We are very lucky this morning. Last night’s storms all passed just to the south of us. There were radar-indicated tornadoes about 30 minutes south of downtown Indianapolis.[1] A large tornado blew through the area where we used to own a lake house. C and I kept getting texts to shelter in place from IU as three different tornadoes passed…
Thursday Sports Notes
I had a couple quick-ish sports thoughts to share today. And then last night’s game four of the NBA Finals required over 1000 words… NBA Finals HOLY SHIT!!!!! ☠️☠️☠️ The Spurs did everything they were supposed to do to even the series before heading home for game five. They weathered a big Knicks comeback in game three to grab their…
Weekend Notes
It was a proper summer weekend. The weather was warm and got warmer and muggier as the weekend progressed. That turned into torrential downpours Sunday afternoon. We lazed in the pool when the weather allowed. Sunday S and I went to the graduation party for the daughter of one of her partners. As it poured we reminisced about M’s party…
Weekend Notes
A weekend with some big sporting events to discuss. Hibachi I did some Good Dad stuff to start the weekend. L’s favorite restaurant is a hibachi place near us. Since I got a Blackstone grill last year I’ve made a far-less-elaborate home version a couple times. She had bragged about my skills to her friends and requested that I cook…
Weekend Notes
The first weekend of summer has passed. Based on the forecast for the next week or so, it looks like Monday Mother Nature finally decided to get her act together and push the cool, rainy weather away. I swam my first laps of the year Monday and we sat outside much of the day, enjoying the sun. L might have…
Weekend Notes
Not much went on this weekend in our house, so we’ll focus on a few basketball stories. NBA Draft Lottery So much for the Hoops Gods rewarding the Pacers for the heartbreaking loss of Tyrese Haliburton at the worst possible moment in the NBA Finals a year ago. After a season of tanking, which only came about because basically the…
Weekend Notes
Finally a weekend with a few more activities. Crowded House Saturday morning S and I drove down to Bloomington to move C home for the summer. She had brought some stuff when she came home for L’s prom, and was confident we could get everything into S’s Telluride. Man, it was close. We had pretty much every inch of space…
Jayhawk Talk: The Big Commit and A Spring of Swings
Warning: long, meandering college hoops recruiting talk ahead. Just skip if that’s not your thing. I haven’t looked back to track this exactly, but it feels like there have been a lot of springs in the last 10 years or so where KU basketball seemed hopeless, the up-coming season a disaster waiting to happen, and that’s all been salvaged by…