The Guy Who Dragged Me Into The Weight Room
I’d arrived at Penn State Abington sight unseen, not even knowing who the basketball team coach was. All I knew were three things. I wanted…
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The Woman Who Said I Was Unqualified To Give Speeches
In 2013, I heard there was an event called Social Media Day taking place in Miami. The event venue wasn’t far from me, and it was…
The Much-Needed Team Meeting That Never Happened
My sophomore year college basketball club wasn’t a very good team. I take some responsibility for the truth of our bad team. I hadn’t yet…
The Cold World Of Pro Basketball Tryouts And Camps
The first exposure camp I went to, in Orlando, had about 200 players in attendance. A couple hours into the first day, camp organizers read…
“He Went Down In The THIRD!!!”
I’d just moved to Miami. I had been working on my game, of course, but I needed to find where the basketball players were in…
The Boss Threatened Me For Laughing Too Much
Continued from Part 1… We would have sales meeting every morning at PSC. Including me, there were four salespeople, and Gary would call us all…
The Corporate Assholes I Worked With For A Year
I worked at a gym called Philadelphia Sports Clubs (PSC) after returning to the Stated from playing in Mexico and realizing that at age 24,…
Sharing A Basketball Court With Pros For The First Time
One summer evening at the neighborhood playground, we got something more exciting than guns on the court. NBA players. I was 16 years old at the…
45 Minutes North and 25 Minutes South
A couple years after college. I had to get a regular job again, which meant my plans had failed somewhere along the way. After coming…
Guns At The Basketball Court
Philly. Mount Airy, to be exact. Where I come from, there are two guarantees. Every male tries his hand at playing basketball. There isn’t much…
