from my sketchbook: adrian robinson

Standing 6 foot 1 and weighing in at 250 pounds, Adrian Robinson was a force on the football field. In high school, he was a two-time all-state honoree. At Philadelphia’s Temple University, he played every game of the 2008 season. He led his team to a victory in the New Mexico Bowl, Temple’s first bowl …

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from my sketchbook: sammi kane kraft

In 1976, Michael Ritchie directed a little family movie called The Bad News Bears. It starred Tatum O’Neal, fresh off her Oscar-winning performance in Paper Moon. Tatum played 11 year-old little league pitching whiz “Amanda Whurlitzer” who, begrudgingly, is recruited by alcoholic coach “Morris Buttermaker” (played by the always crusty Walter Matthau) for his bottom-of-the-barrel …

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