[Braham Dabscheck is an industrial relations scholar, sports writer and enthusiast, and author of Reading Baseball: Books, Biographies, and the Business of the Game, published April 2011, by FiT. He has written extensively on many aspects of sport, and he continues with that tradition today by offering a review of King of the Court: Bill [...] Read More
Arguably the best coach in the history of women’s basketball retired Wednesday, and the game wouldn’t be anything close to what it is today without the contributions of Pat Summitt. The all-time winningest coach (men or women) in collegiate basketball (1,098 wins) stepped down just months after she revealed she’s battling the early stages of dementia. And [...] Read More
“You haven’t taught until they have learned.” With this simple phrase and his dedication to constant improvement, John Wooden sparked a revolution in coaching strategies. From a coach in Ohio who turned his basketball team around with Wooden’s personal advice, to coaches in Uganda who devoted themselves to his principles without ever having met him, [...] Read More
In 1972, Title IX was passed into federal law, prohibiting sex discrimination in all aspects of education, including athletics. 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of the passing of Title IX, but has much been done to bring equality to men’s and women’s athletics? Since Title IX’s implementation in 1972, there has been a large increase [...] Read More
The battle between NBA players and team owners has dissolved into a game of Chicken. Each side has seemingly resolved to make no concessions, even if it means that there will be no 2011-12 season, but whether both sides will stand their ground remains to be seen. Yesterday, the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) rejected [...] Read More
In an NPR interview to promote his memoir, West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life, basketball legend Jerry West reminisces about growing up in Chelyan, West Virginia, a small town with fewer than 800 residents. He “loathed” the nickname given to him upon his arrival in Los Angeles, ‘Zeke from Cabin Creek,’ because he’s actually [...] Read More
So just what does the all-time winningest coach in college basketball do when she’s faced with an adverse situation? She fights back with the type of grit and determination that made her a legend. When University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt announced recently that she has been diagnosed with early-onset dementia, an early [...] Read More
“Think before you retweet” is a mantra we concur with in the world of journalism and hyper gossip. When 140-character bylines fly at you a dozen at a time, and when a thousand bloggers are all vying for your coveted attention, it pays to have the scoop. We’ve found out that Bill Cosby keeps [...] Read More
Following the Dallas Mavericks’ NBA championship over the Miami Heat, there was plenty of praise passed around. Vocal owner Mark Cuban fronted the money and helped orchestrate the personnel moves. Coach Rick Carlisle made some masterful strategic decisions. And Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry made clutch shot after shot. But few in the media or [...] Read More
Two of Fitness Information Technology’s authors have recently used their celebrity status in basketball to assist those from other countries in a variety of ways. Swen Nater, a former NBA player and backup to Bill Walton at UCLA, recently took part in Hoops of Hope, a fundraiser for the Seeds of Hope mission program that [...] Read More