BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- We are only about a week away from the return of Flyer basketball, albeit the ten day, two game tour of Spain that Archie’s squad is about to undertake.
So who is going to Barcelona and Madrid?
Anybody?
Since media coverage will be at a minimum, you’ll just have to settle for the latest edition of “FTS” to get you by.
-- Let’s go to the video highlights!
Dunks of the Year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czAi5EMIxBo
Charles Cooke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9fiLBfVsc4
Darrell Davis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t33x2am72GU
Kendall Pollard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJudwXlrJd4
Flyer seniors tell their favorite Big Steve stories
http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/vid...elvene/vDqzDL/
Speaking of the four Flyer seniors, they want to continue to make history. David Jablonski of
The DDN provides an overview with linky goodness to individual interviews with KP, KD, CC and SS:
http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/new...014_sports_sfp
-- On the recruiting front, here are some names to know:
Jordan Davis
http://www.phenomhoopreport.com/news...rk-high-school
Wabissa Bede
http://www.scout.com/college/basketb...-with-his-play
McKinley Wright
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Esjt7B8oo8
According to Verbal Commits, Dayton currently has extended scholarship offers to 18 different guys in the Class of 2017:
http://verbalcommits.com/schools/dayton
Ooops...better make that 19, as Archie just offered PG Jose Alvarado from NY:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuZeuOAyJLI
-- Tom Archdeacon of
The DDN with another stellar profile, this one on
Chris Wright’s uncle and former Flyer the Rev. J.D. Grigsby:
http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/new...n-makin/nr4Jk/
-- UD alum Steve Bulpett of
The Boston Herald provides us with an interesting read on the impact that
Brian Gregory had on Boston Celtics #1 pick and #3 overall, Jaylen Brown:
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/c...ays_in_georgia
-- Former Flyer pitcher Mike Hauschild made the AAA All-Star team:
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/...iple-a-/nrqhj/
-- The actress who portrayed Miss Cleo in those classic Psychic Hotline TV commercials in the 1990s is dead.
Who saw that coming?
http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016...-cleo-obituary
That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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