“He had a passion to succeed, and he had the kind of personality that made him a joy to coach.” – LSU Coach Dale Brown In the realm of professional sports there are two primary types of athletes: those born of such gifted athletic talents and natural ability, and then there are those that are […]

“If you make every game a life and death proposition, you’re going to have problems. For one thing, you’ll be dead a lot” – Dean Smith Hitting a game winning three-pointer is a much better feeling than bricking a layup to cost your team a victory but in a weird way emphasizing wins less probably […]

“The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.” Jerry Tarkanian Passing on recently was former UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian. He was 84. Helping a number of college players with their basketball mental game, Coach Tarkanian had a long and prosperous coaching career. Winning 706 games during […]