This is guest blogged by Tyler Smith, a good buddy of mine who offers a great service for basketball players to promote themselves through video. He offers professional basketball player videos at ProPlayerVideo.com. The off-season is around the corner and it will soon be time to market your players as hard as possible. Copying, editing, and mailing out DVDs around the world can be very TIME [...]

My Georgetown Hoyas are back in it again. March Madness has begun and the 2008 NCAA Championship brackets are finalized and ready to start action. Last year, Georgetown made it to the Final Four and lost against Ohio. I think there odds are even more positive this year. They only lost one player last year, Greene to the NBA draft. All of their seniors are back and ready to fill their engines back up. Right [...]

In December 2007, the local tv station did a story on me and I wanted to share it with everyone. The interview was in Spanish and the local language in Cataluyna, Spain: Catalan. Let the video load first its pretty big. Below is the translation and original in Spanish.

I’m not sure if I brushed upon this topic before but communication back and forth from overseas is important to keep your sanity and close contact with your family. When I started playing basketball overseas, it was recommended to use a service which allowed phone calls to my phone in Finland for about $0.09 a minute which was pretty good back in 1999 without the introduction of VOIP which is now [...]

Makin’ It Work is power Power is commitment Commitment means struggle Struggle means progress Progress means persistance Persistance is to love one’s goal A goal is the dream The dream is the fate The fate is the journey The journey is god given God gives the ability The ability to make it The ability to pursue The ability to know its coming Then to know its there Take it and run with [...]

One topic that I’ve wanted to write about for basketball players is the money that you acquire and how you save and protect it. I know for some of you, you’ve most likely invested in buying a home and have normal bank savings accounts. However, you could take it just a bit further with money markets, bonds investments and cds (certificate of deposit). To learn about these options you’ll [...]