Earl Strom Stories

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

The second link he posted takes you to his profile.

Eric, thanks for the stories. I really enjoyed your dad's book. My condolences on the passing of your mother.

But you have to be ready to click quickly or it goes to your friends' links.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

But you have to be ready to click quickly or it goes to your friend's links.

I didn't have the problem. I'm using Safari on a Mac.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I didn't have the problem. I'm using Safari on a Mac.

Me neither, and I'm using IE.

[26 Year Gap]

IE is what I used to finally get there. [Now I gotta run a virus scan] Stories are great.

[estrom]

All 50 stories about my father's career are now on Facebook.

[26 Year Gap]

+50

[estrom]

The Basketball Hall of Fame recently started posting acceptance speeches on youtube. I thought the folks on this forum would enjoy my speech from May 1995 for my father's induction.

Earl Strom's Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Speech - YouTube

I was also interviewed by HBO for their upcoming documentary "Sport In America" which should air sometime in the summer of 2013. I talked about my memories of Game 4 of the 1987 Finals and my father's history in the Celtics/Lakers rivalry. We'll see if I make it on screen, or end up on the cutting room floor.

[Brad]

Originally Posted by estrom

All 50 stories about my father's career are now on Facebook.

Thanks for posting these ... looking forward to reading them. For a long time (since I joined Facebook 5+ years ago, actually) I've had a quote attributed to your dad under my Favorite Quotations section:

"If you ever stop to say 'What's going to happen to me if I make this call', you might as well take your whistle and shove it because that's all the respect you're giving it." — Earl Strom

[Brad]

BTW, I got the quote from his book, Calling the Shots, which was a great read ... still have it, but haven't read it since I purchased it 10 years ago or so ... need to go back and reread -- some great stories in there!