Calathes on Greek U-21 team
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John Calathes said his son, Florida sophomore guard Nick Calathes, remains in good spirits despite not making the Greek Olympic squad.
“Right now, he’s having a great time over there,” Calathes said. “He’s meeting a lot of new people and looking forward to playing with the under-21 team.”
In retrospect, John Calathes said his son should have probably arrived in Greece by June 14, but instead didn’t make it until June 20 because of passport issues and because he wanted to finish his first summer session at Florida. As a result, Calathes had just two days to try out and did not travel with the senior team when it left for Germany.
“I think he knew coming in it was going to be an uphill battle,” John Calathes said. “There are a lot of great players, older players. The big thing for both him and his older brother Pat (Calathes) is that they have their passports and will be able to play overseas or on national teams in the future.”
With the Greek Under-21 team, Calathes will play in Domegge Di Cavare, Italy, July 18-20, Quimper, France from July 24-26 and at the European Championships in Rega, Latvia, from Aug. 1-10. He’ll be back in Florida on Aug. 12, in time for the start of the fall semester.
Kevin Brockway gave up on his dream of becoming a lefty starting pitcher for the New York Mets when he walked four straight batters, then hit one in a middle school game in Suffern, N.Y. Since graduating college in 1993, he’s worked as a sports writer at daily newspapers throughout the state of Florida, beginning with the Key West Citizen. He then moved on to the Northwest Florida Daily News and Naples Daily News before becoming the men’s basketball writer for The Gainesville Sun in 2003. Brockway has won multiple state and national writing awards during his 16-year career. Favorite pastimes include karaoke and watching baseball. Favorite college hoops team growing up was St. John’s.
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