BLSays · College BB · iMax · UNC BB · UNC-CH

My Opinion? … I Like This Guy.

April 09, 2026

OK … a week ago I had never heard of “This Guy”.  Of course, the only current or recent NBA head coaches I “might” could name are Steve Kerr, Gregg Popovich and JJ Redick.  Those first two because they are hard-core, quite insane, obscenity screeching TrumpMAGA Haters … and JJ is, of course, “JJ”. 

The ONLY Charlotte Hornets Head Coach I can name would be “Dick Harter” and that was 25+ years ago.  Who forgets a name like Dick Harter?  I’d be hard pressed to name a dozen current NBA players much less coaches.  Hellfire, I can’t name three WNBA teams much less coaches or players (not named Catlin or Sophie).

Any opinions I might have – and will be sharing below – about Michael Malone (that IS his name, right?) have developed over the past three days.   

Coach Malone’s opinions about Donald Trump and MAGA guys like me … whether he (Malone) is mentioned in the Epstein files … Did he ever have a liason with a “sports journalist(?)” at a remote Arizona hide-away ala Mike Vrabel – YIKES! … Does he (Malone) “Hate Jews” … Does he think we “faked the moon landing … and 9/11 … and Kennedy’s Assassination … and COVID” … and, and, and …  and what is his opinion on con-trails and Candace Owens and barbeque – vinegar or tomato sauce? … Where O’ Where is Silent Sam? …… I don’t know ANY of that YET … but surely some pathetic no-life Franklin Street board monkey and/or some equally pathetic no-life Hated Rivals are deep diving the Dark Web to find out.  Sordid details should begin trickling out any minute now … 

FWIW: I also applaud NC State’s selection of alum Justin Gainey as the solution to their most unusual WTH with Will WhatsHisName.

Lets go with a bullet-points format, OK?

Continue reading →
BLSays · Classics

Get Away on The Parkway

An invitation to a mountain hideaway provides the gateway to a getaway on The Parkway …. (say that really fast while holding a lighted match !!) … Duke opts for a Golden Domer, darn it …. and another Life Lesson

BLSays

The Price of A FREE Press

Our earlier report on the death gurgle of “newspapers” has an up-date ….. The Return of The Water-testing Three poses a BIG Problem for ORW …. Moochies on the ropes in Omaha …. Floods in Iowa …. NASCAR redefines “really stoopid”…

BLSays

In 1814 We Took A Little Trip

I recently saw a replay of the 1958 cinema yarn The Buccaneer w/ Yul Brynner and Charlton Heston. Yul, as pirate Jean Lafitte, displays an honor long discarded by today’s “leaders”.

BLSays · Classics

Your Own Poseidon Adventure

All of a sudden WHAM!… Blondie and I had breakfast last Saturday at one of our favorite spots – The Goodness Grows Restaurant at The State Farmers Market. Country cookin’ served to God Fearin’ Americans by salt-of-the-earth folks. If a giant wave turned us upside down at that moment we might survive.

BLSays

To have been a fly on the wall at The Barn ….

A rollicking recounting of a recent dinner discussion of special note where ACC Basketball fact and fiction went into the blender and guess what? …. TRUTH emerged. “So Frank said to Everett ____” and “then Dean and Mike agreed ___” and “I got in Lou Bello’s face and ___” …. and K QuoteGate Goes KABOOM!

BLSays · Classics

Having a Dawg with Doogie

To the regular customers of Sutton’s Drug Store it must have looked like a senior professor and his protege discussing the incoming crop of coeds; but to the trained eye it was a precedent-setting conference of epic significance.

BLSays

Coach Cut, Wally & “The Gang”

When newspapers “mattered”, they referred to the Sports Dept as “the toy store”. It was where readers went to get away from grisly stuff that actually affects our lives. Now everything is yucky, but sports still matters less than the REALLY grisly stuff….