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…
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Covering the Premier Basketball League’s 2009 Entry Draft
BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ I have two settings on my alarm clock. If I need to get up at a normal civilized time of the morning – 5:30 a.m., for example – my alarm clock will automatically activate at that moment so the first thing to wake me out of my slumber is 810 AM WGY’s…
Read MorePhoto Essay: Manchester Millrats free agent camp
Last Saturday I got up at about 3am, loaded my laptop and my Nikon D700 into my Pontiac 6000, and drove all night (and early morning) to southern New Hampshire. As much as I would have loved to take a moment and photograph the fall foliage, I was thwarted by pouring rain throughout the road…
Read MoreMy Donation to the Basketball Hall of Fame
It’s Sunday morning, and I’ve just packed my Pontiac 6000 with the last box it can hold. It took a lot of emotional effort on my part, but in my heart of hearts, I knew it was time. Two hours later, I was at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, where two employees…
Read MoreAlbany Patroons Memories: Your New Announcer, Chuck Miller
I saw the notice on the albanypats.com website. The Albany Patroons will not be in operation during the 2009 – 2010 season. Thanks for your support. Of course, on that same webpage you can click to order tickets for the 2009-10 season… if it ever gets played… Yeah, I’m bummed that the Patroons aren’t coming…
Read MorePhoto Essay: The 2006-07 Albany Patroons
I honestly thought these photos were lost forever. About a year ago, one of my storage devices suffered a hard drive failure – it came down with the despicable “click of death.” That’s when the read head inside your hard drive just bounces back and forth like a windshield wiper, and your data is irretrievable.…
Read MoreRoad Trip: Photographing the Premier Basketball League Combine
It’s what, 8pm and I’m here at the Thruway rest stop at Sloatsburg – the first rest area after you get off of I-287 from New Jersey. It was a long road trip and I needed to take a break, a chance to upload some photos to my flickr site and decompress for a bit.…
Read MoreHow the Boston Celtics’ Rick Fox became part of my honeymoon
This is definitely going to be the blog post that gets my sorry self in trouble with my wife. But it’s a great story to tell. I married Vicki in 1994, and we had a fantastic honeymoon week in Toronto and in Niagara Falls. We stayed for a few nights at SkyDome’s hotel complex, and…
Read MoreMy next photography assignment – a significant basketball memorabilia auction
I enjoy collecting vintage game-worn sports jerseys. I mostly collect basketball jerseys, but I’ve acquire a couple of hockey sweaters over the years. Granted, my collection tends to gravitate toward minor league and international gear – for example, my wife’s sister, who lives in Israel, brought back a Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball jersey for me…
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