Let’s interrupt the inspirational, awe-inspiring Olympic programming for what you least expect: a dream-crashing muse and a quick reality check that not every dream comes true. Don’t get me wrong—I wanted this to be an Olympic-worthy story. I was the kid picked last in gym class, so I’m in awe of athletes like my Dad,… Continue reading An Anti-Olympic-Worthy Story
. Forty years ago, I couldn’t appreciate the enormity of winning the 76ers World Championship. There were the sports fans (honking and screaming), my Dad (wearing sunglasses, ahem), the players (soaring and signing autographs with the coach along with them), and me (graduating 8th Grade). But I saw things differently when Dad couldn’t make the… Continue reading Why The 1983 Sixers Legends Stand Tall Forty Years Later
The Sixers will honor the 40th Anniversary of the 1983 World Champions at the Sixers game tonight. Boy, does this take me back to the basement, in those bins leftover from the fire with all that stuff Mom had saved? And there among all those sports articles others had written about Dad was Dad’s byline… Continue reading By Billy Cunningham: The 76ers Two Titles (40 and 56 years ago)
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