MISTER FADED GLORY
I'm a writer and marketing pro based in KC. Welcome to the recap of life: Books, TV, ads, business, marketing, grunge music, sports, and more. Focus never has been my strong suit.
Watch for my first novel, These Monks, a comedy about friendship, frustration, and Des Moines, later this year.
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Category Archives: Basketball
Spartans! Tonight! We Dine! In … oh, whatever. (UConn’t do it.)
I don’t know which highlight I will enjoy seeing more over the next couple of days – Michigan State’s Durrell Summers’ thunderous fast-break dunk through UConn’s Stanley Robinson, or longtime UConn forward Jeff Adrien repeatedly lowering his shoulder, tossing elbows, … Continue reading
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Quick tourney check-in
Doesn’t seem like anything monumental has occurred, does it? Unless you’re one of the few college basketball fans who don’t read this blog, and mistakenly forecast West Virginia into your Elite Eight. At least not until tonight’s slate, but during … Continue reading
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Did 800 become passe or did I miss something?
You may not have noticed amid the hoopla surrounding Thursday night’s Marquette-Connecticut game. But with the Huskies’ win, Jim Calhoun earned entry into the prestigious 800-win club, an elite fraternity among college basketball’s longtime coaches. (By the way, Jeff Adrien … Continue reading
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I’ve got nothing, part deux.
Pretty slim pickings ’round these posts when all we can do is post cropped screenshots of misspelled ESPN banner ads. Hee. (Bristol’s IN Connecticut, assholes!) Though it looks like a crappy Photoshop – terrible font choice and all – this … Continue reading
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Caution: May already have appeared, somewhere
My best thoughts often arrive randomly throughout the given day while I multitask from one annoyance to the next – a phenomenon probably hardly unique. I’m truly a denizen of corporate America. Perhaps even a (bite your tongue) successful one. … Continue reading
Er, uh, continued … much too late and even less relevant.
Well, I failed. Failed miserably in my attempt to properly recap the bottom half of the NBA Draft in a timely fashion, at all. You have the deepest apologies from all of us me here at Mister Faded Glory. And … Continue reading
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NBA pre- and post-mortem
What? The NBA Finals started? Already? I just assumed that with the monumental, renaissance matchup of Los Angeles vs. Boston (Slogan: The dream NBA finals for all white sportswriters over 40!), the league would coax another week, month, or calendar … Continue reading
Posted in Basketball, Kobe/Jordan, NBA
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NBA Hypocrisy
Gone are the halcyon days of our youth – when the NBA of the early to middle 1990s was securely the best game in town. Was it the legions of committed superstars? The best-ever center and best-ever shooting guard dominating … Continue reading
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Here’s the Orange Guy
Immediately before the Cubs’ romp over the Pirates today, Matt Murton arrived, and hopefully will be installed in the leadoff spot tomorrow. But again, we’re not complaining – everything’s operating effectively, and Rich Hill looked like he exorcised some demons … Continue reading
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A little improved, and a lot less bitter.
Perhaps it’s pathetic, but each spring when the weather first thaws and it’s actually somewhat balmy and pleasant outside, I revert to complete immaturity, and find myself cruising around town with my windows fully down and my stereo cranked, like … Continue reading
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Thanks for giving a care
Don’t even think about reaching me … I won’t be home. PJ, Footsteps. We’re taking this week off from the blog. Before you leap from your desk chair, hurl your Chee-tos, and claim we took last week off, well, let’s … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Basketball, Iowa Hawkeyes, Melancholy
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Memo to our Syracuse Orange
Mental note to Syracuse (By the way, I’ve never been this mad about a tournament. Not in 1997, not in 2002. Kansas State bumped for Texas Tech doesn’t help.). Mental note to Syracuse: Next year, instead of finishing with 10 … Continue reading
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