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Whistle blowers sound off in new book
The best stories are told by refs, umps and civil court judges. To that end, retired 30-year college basketball ref, Mickey Crowley, with the help of Ralph Wimbish, who used to edit this column, has written a seat-of-power (bathroom) companion book, “Throw The Ball High,” from Page Publishing.
It is loaded with fabulous.
Jim Valvano: “Mickey, can I get a technical foul for thinking that you stink?”
Crowley: “Of course not.”
Valvano: “Good. I think you stink.”
UConn’s Jim Calhoun, when the Big East had coaches rate officials after every game, told Crowley and his partner he was rating their performance a 5 out of 10. “You guys can split it up anyway you want.”
Crowley also shares a photo of scribbled hate mail he received and kept for decades, likely from a guy who was getting 2 ½ in a 3-point loss.
Even the forward, written by former Columbia and Fordham head coach Tom Penders, is a hoot. He writes of a poll taken by Eastern Basketball Magazine, asking refs to name the coach who gives them the hardest time. The “winner”? Seton Hall’s Bill Raftery.
There is a latter-day picture in the book of Crowley and Raftery, arms around each other’s shoulders, both with huge smiles.
The best stories are told by refs, umps and civil court judges. To that end, retired 30-year college basketball ref, Mickey Crowley, with the help of Ralph Wimbish, who used to edit this column, has written a seat-of-power (bathroom) companion book, “Throw The Ball High,” from Page Publishing.
It is loaded with fabulous.
Jim Valvano: “Mickey, can I get a technical foul for thinking that you stink?”
Crowley: “Of course not.”
Valvano: “Good. I think you stink.”
UConn’s Jim Calhoun, when the Big East had coaches rate officials after every game, told Crowley and his partner he was rating their performance a 5 out of 10. “You guys can split it up anyway you want.”
Crowley also shares a photo of scribbled hate mail he received and kept for decades, likely from a guy who was getting 2 ½ in a 3-point loss.
Even the forward, written by former Columbia and Fordham head coach Tom Penders, is a hoot. He writes of a poll taken by Eastern Basketball Magazine, asking refs to name the coach who gives them the hardest time. The “winner”? Seton Hall’s Bill Raftery.
There is a latter-day picture in the book of Crowley and Raftery, arms around each other’s shoulders, both with huge smiles.