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per the KC Star:
Fraschilla is the first of seven kids born to a second generation immigrant who got by as a painter. Most of his brothers work with their hands. A few are construction contractors, building houses from scratch. Fraschilla works with his brain and his mouth and his ability to build relationships. That was true as a coach, and it’s true as a broadcaster.
Fraschilla does about 60 college games per year, plus NBA summer league and draft coverage as perhaps the country’s leading voice on international prospects. Broadcasting gives him more time at home, too. He watched his two sons grow up, each playing college basketball, and each now beginning careers as coaches.
He’s 59 now and sees this as a better life than coaching, in some ways. That’s not the only change in Fraschilla. If you think he’s still An East Coast Guy you haven’t sat with him in his rented GMC Acadia at the corner of Naismith and Sunnyside on the way to Kansas’ game against Baylor here on Saturday.
Complete stop.
Watches the SUV across the way come to a complete stop.
Flips his turn signal.
Waits for the SUV across the way to flash headlights.
Turns right.
He might as well make a bowl of puppy chow, and go out on the porch to watch a tornado.
https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/sam-mellinger/article195820174.html
Go Gophers!!
Fraschilla is the first of seven kids born to a second generation immigrant who got by as a painter. Most of his brothers work with their hands. A few are construction contractors, building houses from scratch. Fraschilla works with his brain and his mouth and his ability to build relationships. That was true as a coach, and it’s true as a broadcaster.
Fraschilla does about 60 college games per year, plus NBA summer league and draft coverage as perhaps the country’s leading voice on international prospects. Broadcasting gives him more time at home, too. He watched his two sons grow up, each playing college basketball, and each now beginning careers as coaches.
He’s 59 now and sees this as a better life than coaching, in some ways. That’s not the only change in Fraschilla. If you think he’s still An East Coast Guy you haven’t sat with him in his rented GMC Acadia at the corner of Naismith and Sunnyside on the way to Kansas’ game against Baylor here on Saturday.
Complete stop.
Watches the SUV across the way come to a complete stop.
Flips his turn signal.
Waits for the SUV across the way to flash headlights.
Turns right.
He might as well make a bowl of puppy chow, and go out on the porch to watch a tornado.
https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/sam-mellinger/article195820174.html
Go Gophers!!