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Posts tagged "Basketball"

Spectator Takes Page Out of Mike Tyson Playbook, Bites Ear Off of 6th Grade Basketball Coach

I have certainly come across some pretty irrational and unscrupulous behavior when researching material that supports the need for positive change in our current sports and youth sports culture. Whether it be from parents behaving badly, athletes engaging in unsportsmanlike, unethical, and/or even illegal conduct (at all levels), or coaches being involved in some type... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
March 19, 2012 at 7:00 am
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Recent Trend at UCLA Basketball Represents What Happens When “Winning” Becomes The Only Goal

After reading the recent article in Sports Illustrated, Special Report: Not the UCLA Way (at sportsillustrated.cnn.com), along with comments from UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and Athletic Director Dan Guerrero in the UCLA Newsroom (here), I come away with even more conviction in the foundational importance that solid character brings to the competitive table. It seems... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
March 7, 2012 at 7:00 am
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Boston Celtics Coach Doc Rivers Seems To “Understand” Good Sports Parenting

Ever wonder what it might be like to have been an elite level athlete (National, Olympic, or professional caliber) and then be the father of an athlete with similar possibilities? Ever think how a parent with that level of expertise would parent their own, should parent their own? Would their parenting style be all that... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
February 24, 2012 at 7:00 am
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Tim Tebow’s Example Inspiring, Just Ask New York Nicks Jeremy Lin

And now there are two. Two who, or two what you may ask? Two elite level professional athletes, stars, that appear to understand the importance their role can play in other peoples’ lives. Individuals who seem committed to setting good examples, who actually view the “position” they hold in sports as a means to make... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
February 20, 2012 at 7:00 am
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Part II: Chicago Tribune “Opinion” Article on Chicago Bull Derrick Rose Slightly Bent

Highlighting Mark Yost’s article published last week in the Opinion section of the Chicago Tribune, Derrick Rose is no role model, I ended (in Part I) taking issue with Yost’s inference that high level goals [scholarship, NBA] were only fairytales that should not be supported or encouraged because, statistically, they are nearly impossible to achieve... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
January 4, 2012 at 7:00 am
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Part I: Chicago Tribune “Opinion” Article on Chicago Bull Derrick Rose Slightly Bent

I don’t spend much time highlighting or discussing opinion articles based on the sheer fact that they are just that―opinion. However, along comes this piece from Mark Yost in the Opinion section of the Chicago Tribune, Derrick Rose is no role model, that…well, just rubbed me a little bit the wrong way. Now I am... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
January 2, 2012 at 7:00 am
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Sexual Abuse Scandals, Drug Involvement, (HGH) PED Testing, Unethical, Illegal, Unsportsmanlike Behavior: It’s Time to Put an Independent in Charge!!!

It’s not too often I come across a piece, an article, that brings to notion a new idea, or in this case an old idea anew, that actually  makes some sense. Rarely a month, or week, goes by without some terrible sports scandal being plastered all over the news. The recent Penn State, Paterno, Sandusky... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
December 26, 2011 at 7:00 am
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The Twelve Weeks of Basketball Christmas

I always get players (and coaches) asking for how they can improve any number of different skills or strategies. Everybody`s “wish list” is a little different -some are thoughtful and some are…interesting. Players usually want to know how to increase their vertical, or dunk in no time flat. Rarely do they ask how to execute... Read more »
By Coachlok,
December 23, 2011 at 6:30 am
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The Sports Network Point on BYU and Brandon Davies Reinstatement Right on Point

In an era where people believe that paying college athletes, beyond their scholarship, will help alleviate the character flaws and downright illegal, unethical, and entitlement type behavior seen by too many elite level college athletes, coaches, and programs, we have the story of Brandon Davies and BYU. For those that don’t recall, Brandon Davies was... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
September 21, 2011 at 7:00 am
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Part II: NCAA President Mark Emmert Addresses The Issue Of "Paying College Athletes"

In my previous commentary on the USA Today piece, NCAA president: Time to discuss players getting sliver of revenue pie, we were discussing the importance of life lessons, inferring how paying college athletes would detract from this. Looking at this “paying college athletes” from another angle (one that begs us to ask some pertinent questions)... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
April 9, 2011 at 10:56 am
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