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Let me take you somewhere different, somewhere far away. It’s 1960. I’m as young as my grandchildren are now and my father, who loves boats, has taken me to a marina in New Jersey where an ancient Crosby catboat is tied to a pier. She’s fallen into disrepair, gaps in her boards, paint peeling. It’s shivering winter and the ice around her cracks as we step aboard.  Going below, there’s a foot of water in her bilge, covered with a scrim of ice. Not a good sign in a wooden boat. My father hammers through the ice with the butt of an icepick.  Rolling up his sleeve, he plunges his arm ...

Feb 23, 2021 As a four-time NBA champion and four-time Finals MVP, LeBron James has entered a rare echelon in modern basketball, one dominated by the legendary Michael Jordan. Yet even with all of James’s brilliance, Stephen A. Smith is among those who believe that Jordan still operates on a different landscape. “LeBron James is not better than Michael Jordan,” Smith says. “I don’t care what the numbers say. Jordan is the greatest player in the history of basketball.” Smith’s predilection and gift for debate are well known. Bold, authoritative insight has made him an indispensa...

Book World: An unsparing memoir from an outspoken coach George Solomon, The Washington Post Dec. 24, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail By John Thompson - - - John Thompson, who dominated the Georgetown University basketball scene for 27 years, held little back on the court and off. So it's not surprising that his autobiography, "I Came as a Shadow," is brutally honest and unsparing both to many in Thompson's life and to Georgetown. Thompson, who died in August, was Georgetown's coach from 1972 to 1999. In 1984, he led the Hoyas to the NCAA Division I national championship, becoming the first Black h...