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firestorm

firestorm

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I love this Twitter feed, especially when it includes a reminder of where St. John's should be in the basketball universe.




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I use to love the "Street & Smith's" Basketball Yearbook. I believe my older brother or an older neighbor had one from the '80-'81 season. I became hooked on this mag during the '84-'85 season, and started copping it from there 'til around 1999 or 2000.

They started selling the pro edition separately from the college/prep mag around 1987, if I'm not mistaken. Brings back good memories, firestorm.
 
I use to love the "Street & Smith's" Basketball Yearbook. I believe my older brother or an older neighbor had one from the '80-'81 season. I became hooked on this mag during the '84-'85 season, and started copping it from there 'til around 1999 or 2000.

They started selling the pro edition separately from the college/prep mag around 1987, if I'm not mistaken. Brings back good memories, firestorm.
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I too was a big fan of Street and Smiths, I couldn't wait till it was on the newstands and would read cover to cover. Then I found Blue Ribbon and it was all over. They had analysis on every player in Top 25 and then Top 40 in later years. And still covered every team and conference.

I still have some old copies of both magazines.
 
I use to love the "Street & Smith's" Basketball Yearbook. I believe my older brother or an older neighbor had one from the '80-'81 season. I became hooked on this mag during the '84-'85 season, and started copping it from there 'til around 1999 or 2000.

They started selling the pro edition separately from the college/prep mag around 1987, if I'm not mistaken. Brings back good memories, firestorm.
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I too was a big fan of Street and Smiths, I couldn't wait till it was on the newstands and would read cover to cover. Then I found Blue Ribbon and it was all over. They had analysis on every player in Top 25 and then Top 40 in later years. And still covered every team and conference.

I still have some old copies of both magazines.
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Blue Ribbon used to do an NCAA tournament special for subscribers. Again, scouted all the teams, and filled out out a bracket. Of course, some of the lock teams were probably previewed before selection sunday, but the bracket obviously was not put together until then. Even so, they always delivered it to your house by Wednesday, or Thursday morning the latest.
 
I always looked forward to reading "Best East Basketball Yearbook" which first came out, I think, in the mid-1980s, and, if I remember correctly, stopped publishing in the mid-1990s, probably because BE fans -- or lack of -- didn't make it profitable to continue. The company published magazines for other big conferences as well, and I remember being annoyed after the mag's demise that my local Barnes & Noble in Manhattan carried the "ACC Basketball Yearbook" for a few years after the BE publication went down.
 
Still have most of S&S from early seventies until about 2003. If it's legal to scan the STJ stuff in to an archive for Paul and Redmen.com, I'm game when I get North in May.
 
I always looked forward to reading "Best East Basketball Yearbook" which first came out, I think, in the mid-1980s, and, if I remember correctly, stopped publishing in the mid-1990s, probably because BE fans -- or lack of -- didn't make it profitable to continue. The company published magazines for other big conferences as well, and I remember being annoyed after the mag's demise that my local Barnes & Noble in Manhattan carried the "ACC Basketball Yearbook" for a few years after the BE publication went down.
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I used to get that and the ACC one every year. Used to to go to the candy store around the corner from my school bus stop and get them in the beginning of November on way home from school.
 
Was cleaning out my garage last spring and found a box of VHS cassettes from the Final Four year through Mark Jackson's senior year. Evidently I taped every televised game those three years. Now all I have to do is find a workable VCR. Those still exist?
 
I always looked forward to reading "Best East Basketball Yearbook" which first came out, I think, in the mid-1980s, and, if I remember correctly, stopped publishing in the mid-1990s, probably because BE fans -- or lack of -- didn't make it profitable to continue. The company published magazines for other big conferences as well, and I remember being annoyed after the mag's demise that my local Barnes & Noble in Manhattan carried the "ACC Basketball Yearbook" for a few years after the BE publication went down.
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I started ordering the "Big East Basketball Yearbook" around '94. I bought my first "Blue Ribbon Yearbook" prior to the start of the 1997-1998 season. I believe they had the Johnnies ranked somewhere around #24 or #25 in that particular publication. Thorough write-up's on their ranked teams and players, included (upperclassmen, freshmen, or other newcomers). I was hooked. I purchased it for a few seasons, afterwards.

Does anyone remember "Big East Briefs?" I still have many of the yearbooks I've mentioned, as well, as the "Big East Briefs" subscriptions. I have those things in a crate in my garage. It's been several years since I've taken a peek at 'em.
 
I've got VCRs (wife's foreign movie and opera collection) but what would be interesting is uploading them to Youtube.
 
Was cleaning out my garage last spring and found a box of VHS cassettes from the Final Four year through Mark Jackson's senior year. Evidently I taped every televised game those three years. Now all I have to do is find a workable VCR. Those still exist?
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Haha! Actually, I still have a workable VCR. It's been about 9 years since I've last used it (to watch old, St. John's games).
 
I've got VCRs (wife's foreign movie and opera collection) but what would be interesting is uploading them to Youtube.
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I am a technology cave man for the most part. Just googled it and found out that there is a machine that can convert VHS tapes to DVDs. Def getting that.
 
Ah yes, Bug East Briefs. Remember them well. U believe that I might still have them along with my S & S. Have to check it out. I also have tons of SJU games on VHS.
 
As long as we are all telling war stories here is mine: went into Manhattan for a job interview as a claim's adjuster with Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. It was September of 1977 and after leaving the interview i was heading for the train to head home when I passed a newsstand and saw a copy of S&S so I bought it. Started reading it on the train and realized it was the last year's edition. The nerve of that guy selling the previous season's edition in September. Got the job but was out the 2 bucks.
 
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Ah yes, Bug East Briefs. Remember them well. U believe that I might still have them along with my S & S. Have to check it out. I also have tons of SJU games on VHS.
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I too use to get the Big East and ACC books and Big East Briefs. And Blue Ribbons Torny updates were great.

I think I still have at least one workable VCR (haven't used it in a few years). I have some old Yankee taps too.
 
"Big East Briefs" was really the only place to get semi-regular recruiting news.

Remember first reading in BEB that Brian Mahoney was really hot on a SF from Georgia named Lavor Postell.
 
I have more than 60 St. John´s season guides, more than 220 game programs and a very few Postseason Guides and Yearbooks.

And I´m looking for more.
 
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