Lounge on YouTube: Rick Wolff

By Rick Morris

Now that we’ve fully established The FDH Lounge YouTube channel, we’ll be uploading classic segments from the history of our program.  When we do, we’ll embed them here.

Up next: our conversation with youth sports activist and broadcaster Rick Wolff.

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Lounge on YouTube: Tom Piatak Part II

By Rick Morris

Now that we’ve fully established The FDH Lounge YouTube channel, we’ll be uploading classic segments from the history of our program.  When we do, we’ll embed them here.

Up next: Part II of our conversation with Chronicles Magazine Contributing Editor Tom Piatak.

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NHL power rankings for start of March

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Previous periods’ ranking in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Chicago (1)

SECOND TIER

2 Anaheim (2)

3 Montreal (9)

4 Boston (6)

5 Pittsburgh (4)

6 Ottawa (15)

7 Vancouver (5)

8 Los Angeles (23)

9 New Jersey (3)

10 St. Louis (10)

11 Dallas (11)

12 Nashville (7)

13 Toronto (13)

14 Phoenix (18)

15 Philadelphia (20)

16 Minnesota (19)

17 Detroit (12)

18 Carolina (8)

19 San Jose (16)

20 Winnipeg (25)

21 Tampa Bay (17)

22 New York Rangers (14)

23 Calgary (29)

24 Edmonton (22)

25 Florida (26)

26 New York Islanders (28)

27 Washington (27)

28 Buffalo (21)

29 Colorado (24)

30 Columbus (30)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

1T NORTHEAST 54

1T PACIFIC 54

3 CENTRAL 70

4 ATLANTIC 77

5 NORTHWEST 99

6 SOUTHEAST 101

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 223

2 EAST 232

NBA power rankings for start of March

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Previous periods’ rankings in parentheses, start of season to present.

FIRST TIER

1 San Antonio (4-3-5-3-1-1)

2 Miami (2-1-3-6-4-4)

3 Oklahoma City (3-5-1-1-2-2)

4 LA Clippers (5-7-4-2-3-3)

SECOND TIER

5 Memphis (6-4-7-4-7-6)

6 Denver (12-18-14-9-9-7)

7 Indiana (7-17-12-8-11-8)

8 New York (10-2-2-7-6-5)

9 Atlanta (13-9-8-11-13-12)

10 Brooklyn (14-6-11-10-10-9)

11 Chicago (9-11-9-13-8-10)

12 Boston (8-12-16-16-17-13)

13 Golden State (23-8-9-6-5-5-11)

14 Utah (18-16-15-15-12-14)

15 Houston (16-15-21-14-15-15)

16 LA Lakers (1-14-19-20-19-17)

17 Milwaukee (19-13-13-17-14-16)

THIRD TIER

18 Dallas (11-19-20-22-20-19)

19 Portland (17-23-17-12-16-18)

FOURTH TIER

20 Toronto (24-27-24-21-22-21)

21 Detroit (26-25-26-23-21-22)

22 Philadelphia (15-10-18-19-18-20)

23 Cleveland (21-28-28-28-28-27)

24 Washington (29-30-30-30-29-28)

25 New Orleans (22-29-29-27-26-23)

26 Phoenix (25-22-23-25-24-26)

27 Sacramento (28-26-25-24-25-25)

28 Minnesota (20-20-10-18-23-24)

29 Orlando (27-24-22-26-27-29)

FIFTH TIER

30 Charlotte (30-21-27-29-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Cleveland and Washington (4 spots), Atlanta (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Minnesota (4 spots), New York (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

1 SOUTHWEST 64

2 NORTHWEST 70

3 ATLANTIC 72

4 CENTRAL 79

5 PACIFIC 86

6 SOUTHEAST 94

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 220

2 EAST 245