I wrote a minute ago that when I began traveling for basketball, I thought I’d be traveloguing as well as sportswriting, but travel quickly grew to suck.
Rudy Tomjanovich said about scouting that hotel staff gets to know you better than your family does. I used to append: “AND you get to watch four games a week!?”.
When I was younger, living in airports and hotels and rarely seeing family while rushing from gym to gym sounded like an ideal lifestyle. I’m older, and traveling is much harder than it used to be. Although gathering intel for the team will always be an inspiring reason to get up in the morning, no matter which newspaper is available in the hotel lobby.