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…
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The 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…
Read MoreGetting my camera equipment cleared by Homeland Security
We live in a much different time than years ago. And because of these new times, one can’t just drive up to Canada, show a driver’s license, smile at the border guard and be on my way. Last year, for the first time in my life, I actually applied for and received a passport. I…
Read MoreAlbany Patroons Alumni Report
Anybody who knows me understands that I have an affinity for the Albany Patroons – both the original version (1982-93) and Version 2.0 (2005-2009). The casual sports fan knows that Phil Jackson, who now has an NBA ring for every finger on his hands, earned his first coaching ring by leading the Patroons to the…
Read MoreMy photographs… bigger than life and stuck to a bedroom wall??
Friday afternoon. I get a call from Mike Gilligan, a member of an organization called MPG Sports. He is working with the Premier Basketball League to produce a series of wall-sized photographs, similar to the ones manufactured by Fathead – and have them on display at the 2009 PBL Entry Draft this Thursday in Chicago.…
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