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Random Athlete Of The Day- Nick Fazekas

Former NCAAB star Nick Fazekas is from Arvada, Colorado (the 8th most populous city in Colorado). The 6-11 PF went to Ralston Valley High School and was named Mr. Basketball-Colorado earning him a scholarship to the University of Nevada. As a Freshman Big-Faz averaged 12 ppg, and 7.6 rpg and appeared in his first of four straight NCAA tournaments; his first was his longest run ending in the Sweet 16. The ne ...

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Random Athlete Of The Day- Lee Nailon

  6-9 forward Lee Nailon is from South Bend, IN and went on to play basketball at Texas Christian University where he straight balled. I wouldn't say he balled SO hard, but one might say he balled EXTREMELY hard. To answer your next question no he was not on the "Glory Road" team, glad we got that out of the way. Nailon joined TCU in 1997 and became the go-to-guy as a Freshman. In 33. 3 mpg he scored 2 ...

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Random Athlete Of The Day- Chris Porter

Once upon time Auburn basketball actually made some noise, thanks to Chris Porter and his afro in the '99 and '00 seasons. Porter was born in Abbeville, Alabama and after bama high school he went to play ball at JUCO where he was an All-American. He immediately earned the opportunity to be a War Eagle in 1998. In his first year (Junior), the 6-7 forward averaged 16 ppg along with 8.6 rpg and 2.1 spg in 28.7 ...

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Random Athlete Of The Day- Cal Bowdler

Cal Bowdler II is a former NBA big man (6ft10in) from Sharps, Virginia. Bowdler attended Old Dominion where he became a go-to guy for the Monarchs. His junior year at Dom he averaged 10.2 ppg and 8.8 rpg. The next year Cal improved to nearly averaging 15 ppg, 10 rpg, and 3 blocks. The senior entered the 1999 NBA Draft with high hopes. ...

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Random Athlete Of The Day- Lavor Postell

The 6-5 Guard from Albany, Georgia Lavor Postell, attended St. John's before he was a bust with the Knicks. I guess he was drafted too late to be a "bust", but he was another Knicks draft pick that led them to nowhere. As a Sophomore Postell starting racking up minutes at  St. John's, and contributed 9 ppg and 5.1 rpg. The next season he averaged double digits with 13.1 ppg shooting 41.4% from  the magical ...

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Random Athlete Of The Day- Pedro Astacio

Pedro Astacio was born in Hato Mayor del Rey, Dominican Republic, and wow does this guy have an incredible name to say. It’s like a combination of ass and pistachios. Anyway Pedro Julio Astacio came overseas in 1987 when he was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Astacio was called up to the bigs in ’92 and went 5-5 with a 1.98 ERA. Out of those 5 wins he tossed 4 complete game shutouts…not to shabby for a r ...

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Random Athlete Of The Day- Brook Fordyce

The former big league Catcher is from New London, Connecticut. He entered the draft after high school, he was selected in the 3rd round of the 1989 Draft to the New York Mets. He was in the minors until April 1995 where he got 2 MLB AB's (Brook had 1 hit that season, he was on pace to shatter Ted Williams' batting average record). The next season Fordyce joined the Cincinnati Reds, and only played in 4 game ...

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