If I asked you if you know who Tony Smedley is, the predominant answer is “no.” I’ve asked several people of late, and no one I approached has successfully harvested an accurate response from the depths of their memory banks. “What’s he been in?” one person asked me, assuming he was an actor of some sort. “Was he the celebrity […]
Category: Basketball
Tears of a Clown
I sat on this one for a week or two, but it’s an interesting story to accompany the photos. On his annual visit to Illinois Wesleyan, Augustana basketball coach Grey Giovanine was his usual volatile self, whining for every call. But he sunk to a new low this year. A little verbal jockeying towards IWU’s Victor Davis early in the […]
Four-Peat’s Sake, Remember This Name
The sport is women’s college basketball. And when you think about the women’s college game, names like Pat Summitt and Geno Auriemma come to mind. Summitt has won eight NCAA championships. Along the way, she won three consecutive titles from 1996-1998. Auriemma has also won three consecutive titles among his six overall, those coming in the 2002-2004 tournament years. Kim Muhl […]
Time Well Spent
(Des Moines, IA) – I didn’t know it at the time, but it was victory 299. That’s a lot of wins in 17 seasons. And that’s what Solon (IA) Coach Brad Randall has garnered throughout his high school coaching career, including yesterday’s victory over undefeated IKM-Manning. Tonight, he has his Spartans back in the Iowa Class 2A state basketball championship game […]