Dave is a Public Service Specialist in the Library's Red Carpet/Talking Books Deprtment. He is a avid Kansas State and Royals fan. Dave hopes he lives long enough to see the Royals get to another World Series.
Contact David at dcoleman@tscpl.org
This is a busy week for area sports fans. Not only is the Big 12 basketball season underway with both Kansas schools off to good starts. Additionally Lee Arena is always a good place to be, to catch the ‘Bods and Lady Blues in action. And as always local high school sports have a full [...]
When it became apparent that the University of Alabama would play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in this years BCS National Championship, my memory was sparked by a previous bowl match-up. It was the 1973 Sugar Bowl. The game which decided half of the National Championship that season was a match-up between the same Crimson [...]
Over 15 years ago a wonderful sports movie debuted. I’m referring to the 1994 critically acclaimed documentary, titled Hoop Dreams. The film has been called the best sports documentary ever, and consistently is rated in top 20 “best ever” lists. If you have never seen the movie I strongly encourage you to obtain [...]
If you are a sports fan a few games stick out in your mind as special. Maybe you even call them the best ever. Depending on your taste and interest you no doubt have a favorite game, its all entirely personal. My favorite game would be Game 6 of the 1985 World Series. A few [...]
It has been eleven years now, that the world changed. As I was sitting at my desk here at the Library, a co-worker came in and told me he had just heard on the radio that a plane had crashed into the one of the World Trade Center buildings. We know now the entire story [...]
It was September 5, 1972. With my apologies to Don McLean this was the day the music died. With the Summer Olympic games only days away, my mind drifts back to the games of the Olympics held in 1972. Those days are fixed in my mind. I was a high school senior back then. Like most [...]
Usually when I write on the Sports Blog it is about a game, a team, or a book I have read. This time I want to do something a little different. It’s about getting out and enjoying playing a sport. Its summer time and and you need to get outside and play. Thanks to the abundance [...]
As someone who has probably read over 500 books on baseball over my lifetime it is a difficult task to pick my all-time favorites. My starting lineup if you will. Over the past several years there have been some wonderful books written and available for you at TSCPL. For example—Clemente by David Maraniss; The Last [...]
Comedian Rodney Dangerfield, once said in a monologue–”Last night I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out.” Last month I went to watch my first NBA game since the mid eighties. With apologies to Rodney Dangerfield, it was as if I had gone to a Chuckie Cheese, and finding out that a [...]
We’ve seen this scene daily on Sports Center..A star athlete stands at the free throw line. The shot must be made or else the team loses, he lets the ball fly and clank the shot goes off the back of the rim. He choked the fans cry out. The next highlight comes up and we see a [...]
Happy New Years!!! The turn of the calendar brings much promise. New Years Resolutions are made and two weeks later gyms will return to the regular attendance schedule, and cigarettes sales will go back to normal. Not being cynical just passing on what prior experience has brought me. But the New Year is also a time for predictions so [...]
