Mighty Macs!

Says Mechelle – Movie will introduce many to Cathy Rush – Coach’s forward-thinking, optimism helped forward sport; ‘Mighty Macs’ debuts Friday

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s famous collection of short stories, “Twice-Told Tales,” consisted of writings actually published many more times than twice, of course. They appeared individually in magazines in the 1800s, then in a bound volume that went through various alterations.

The somewhat whimsical title of such a master work has long linked to women’s sports in my mind, incongruous as that sounds. So many women’s sports stories have never really been told even once. And some of the best, most historically important ones have been told … but can never be told enough. They merit repeated revisiting. They are stories about people and events that seem fictionalized but, in fact, aren’t.

Such is the case with the saga of coach Cathy Rush and her Immaculata teams that won the 1972, ’73 and ’74 AIAW championships in the early days of women’s collegiate basketball.

And lots more….

• Voepel: Movie offers dose of inspiration
• espnW: Rush relives landmark championship
• espnW: Grentz’s trip down memory lane
• espnW: Movie stirs memories at premiere
• espnW: Hitting hardwood, Hollywood-style
• Page 2: Gugino embraced role from start

Video

• Exclusive: Making of ‘The Mighty Macs’
• ‘Mighty Macs’ montage
• Sneak peak: ‘This isn’t working’
• Sneak peak: ‘Who here likes to win?’

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A little somethin’ somethin’ from Mel

as “Philly Girl” Marianne Stanley is Honored In Local Hall of Fame

In assessing Marianne Stanley’s Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame credentials, both her two-fold career as an All-American point guard on a pair of national champions at Immaculata University and her success on the sidelines as a longtime coach at the collegiate and WNBA levels have each been individually worthy enough for her to gain acceptance.

Stanley’s overall collegiate mark is 416-222 with three national titles and she was the first in the modern history of the women’s game to achieve that duo player-coach distinction. However, Stanley has never been as much about the numbers as she has been about leadership.

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