Last year, Ian McCarthy, the general manager of the PBL team in Manchester, asked if I would come and photograph his team as they participated in a summer money tournament in Boston. I had a free weekend, and Ian’s a good guy, so I said sure. This meant traveling to Boston for the weekend, and…
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“Is the photographer singing the national anthem?”
The Vermont Frost Heaves joined the Premier Basketball League for the 2008-09 season, and did quite well for themselves, making the playoffs and selling out the Barre Municipal Auditorium and the Burlington Memorial Auditorium most nights. Their fans would drive to every Frost Heaves road game, from Halifax to Lawton (the only one they didn’t…
Read MoreMicheal Ray Richardson, John Strickland and Heckler’s Row
Back in the day – by “the day” I mean the 2006-07 Albany Patroons basketball season – head coach Micheal Ray Richardson guided the Pats to the CBA championship best-of-five series against the Yakama Sun Kings. In fact, here’s a photo of Micheal Ray Richardson getting just a smidge upset over a call that didn’t…
Read MorePhotographing an Exploding Basketball Backboard
It’s a moment everybody wants to see, but nobody knows when it’s coming. In March 2008, I was photographing the Premier Basketball League finals between the Rochester Razorsharks and the Arkansas Impact at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester. During the first quarter, Rochester’s Keith Friel tried to hit a three-point jumper, only to have the…
Read MoreDunkfest in Vermont
The Premier Basketball League’s Vermont Frost Heaves play in two Green Mountain State venues, the Barre Municipal Auditorium (which I colloquially call “small”) and the Burlington Memorial Auditorium (that one I call “smaller”). The Burlington Auditorium is so old, that I think James Naismith had his team play “away” games there. Last Saturday, the Auditorium…
Read MoreThe Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry are Trying to Kill Me
Last night I was in Rockville, Maryland, for a Premier Basketball League game between the Lawton-Fort Sill (Okla.) Cavalry and the Maryland GreenHawks. Very competitive game, both teams had the lead at one point or another before the Cavs pulled ahead and won 105-99. The game also had a decent Albany Patroons alumni factor, as…
Read MoreReturn to the Road
First off, thanks for the kind words from everyone regarding yesterday’s post. It really meant a lot to me through this horrible time. In fact, I needed to get out of Albany. So I loaded up all my camera gear, grabbed my laptop, and headed to Manchester, New Hampshire. Maybe if it was summertime, I…
Read MoreThe Buffalo Stampede never gave up
I’m not a fan of losing streaks. They’re demoralizing, they’re painful, and they make the recipient of a losing streak the butt of jokes and the pity of everybody else in the league. You may not have heard of the Buffalo Stampede. They play in the Premier Basketball League, the nine-team minor league circuit for…
Read MoreFrom Manchester, New Hampshire to home
Sunday morning, 6am. I’m waking up from a comfortable sleep at the Clarendon Hotel in the center of Quebec City. I look at my wristwatch. It’s time to get out of bed – and drive another 7 hours. See, when I schedule PBL games to photograph, I can’t just do one game and spend the…
Read MoreFirst PBL Game of the Season – Buffalo v. Quebec
Saturday morning. Loaded up the Pontiac 6000 with my camera equipment, my laptop computer, and myself. Destination – Quebec City, home of the Quebec Kebs of the Premier Basketball League, who with the demise of the Continental Basketball Association are now one of the only independent minor league hoops circuits. It’s the PBL and the…
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