Proof of cat.

Please to report that at practice last night, one of the players said 6-7 and the rest of the guys then clowned him like “bro that’s so 2025, 6-7 is over!”

Alright so, the most iconic gym in New Hampshire/Maine was this spot in Portsmouth, NH called the Connie Bean. Gym was about the size of a pickle ball court in an old timey building right in the heart of Portsmouth. Connie Bean hosted the BEST spring hoop tourney. Everyone who was anyone played…

Have a random story to share for New England basketball freaks in a min…

Wife handed me a stick while we were skating on the pond yesterday. Took my first slap shot ever and discovered I’m basically Fuller from Mighty Ducks.

Here’s my biggest take away in coaching from my playing career… the most important thing you need from a coaching staff is energy. That makes up for a lot of stuff. If you make players think they suck, they will suck…

$10k?! Absolute steal here!

One final emo post for 2025… 😞

“In the New Year” The Walkmen “This Year” Mountain Goats “New Year’s Kiss” Casiotone for the Painfully Alone “This Will Be Our Year” The Zombies “Smooth (ft. Rob Thomas)” Santana

9 year old just asked why I dress like Marv from Home Alone…

Long been an insufferable music snob, but have to admit… “Iris” just came on at Hannaford and it kinda hits. Nice little waltz. Strings, mandolin. Quiet, loud, quiet. Leave me alone.

I was once asked to sign a baseball at an All-Star weekend. I looked at it and saw that Willie Mays and Henry Aaron had already signed it. I handed the ball back to the kid and told him he’ll thank me in 20 years and just said give me a popcorn box or something you’ll throw away.

Just found a ball in storage autographed by the 2012 NBA All-Stars, which means I have signatures from Dwight Howard, Roy Hibbert, and Andrew Bynum all on one ball.

Sorry, that’s Josh Giddey.

Let’s change the world together.

I think this makes me the de facto world champion figure skater for the 7’ tall guy division.

SGA is like an overproduced pop star. AB is like a prolific lo-fi band that feels like it could go off the rails at any second during a live show. They somehow never do though. And that sort of raw imperfect scrappiness makes it all hit harder.

Anthony Black.

Magic/Nuggets right now is a great example of how a close finish isn’t necessarily a good finish.

Step outside in New England right now if you’d like to know what “brick” feels like.

That sense of relief when your spouse also got you dog shit gifts for Christmas >

Merry Chris Smith to you and yours.

10pm Christmas Eve go night-night is pretty good imo. Cheat code is not getting anything that needs putting together for the AM reveal.

I’m friggin Santa Claus.

If you ever hooped at a certain level, you’ve absolutely been blessed with Toody’s presence and never forgot about it. RIP to a legend.

Tell ya what, Christmas feels a lot less stressful now that we’re down to only 1 out of 3 kids believing in Santa.

Roast that duck fam.

Best Christmas songs that aren’t actually Christmas songs…

3 yr old has started referring to “poops” as “frinks” and it’s honestly a perfect word for it.

Dispatch from coaching youth basketball… sports are fun and that sentiment should be reinforced. Our team could go undefeated the rest of the way and win the championship, and I bet you the lasting take away for these kids will be the time one of their coaches dressed up as Buddy the Elf for a game!

Honestly, instead of going to church or whatever, people should just coach a basketball team.

I’ve completely cut myself off from the world of college football for years, probably around a decade at this point… Well, i just saw a clip of JMU playing Oregon in my feed and I have questions…

I wish more people understood how delightful Donnell Harvey was at Florida.

Don’t need em, but these 18s were marked down to $30 at Sierra so they’re mine now.

I escaped the generational hold Market Basket and Shaws had on my family.

The most snobby shit about me is that I’m a Hannaford loyalist. Closest I’ll get to having a NESCAC degree.

I dont wanna hear SHIT bout "dips" in #wnba traction, public appeal or team valuation WHEN the league been in bed w/ our greatest saboteurs all along! from lazy team ownership to lazy media deals - they haven't allowed for league growth. players themselves had break thru w/ talent & sheer will power

People always hiding out in New Hampshire. SMH.

Tech bros pushing AI don’t realize they are Pizza The Hutt-ing themselves…

Coaching kids is a graduate level course in patience if you do it right. The benefits slide into real life via osmosis, so rewarding!

Dispatch from coaching youth basketball… it’s incredible how much influence YOUR energy has on the kids. Have been very intentional on never sounding annoyed and framing instruction in a belief/conviction manner. Results on that alone have been massive…

Think Noah Kahan is an Okkervil River fan? Must be, right?

I think it’s funny when college hockey programs post some shit like “we’ve cracked the top 25!” It’s basically like “hurray, we’re no longer one of the 10 worst program in the country!”

Mazzulla straight up wearing sweats on the sideline!

Just turned the Celts on. Less than 5 min left in the 3rd quarter of a 2025-26 NBA game and neither team is sniffing 100 points yet???

What 8 programs belong in the Juggalo Weekend tournament?

This showed up on my feed and for a second I thought it was a new in-season destination college hoops tourney. And now I need that to actually happen.

Not to brag or anything, but I was doing this in my living room 30 years ago while watching Dino Radja era Celtics on TV-38.