I know he's mostly a west coast basketball player, college at Saint Mary's (Calif.) and pro with the Warriors. Still, Tome Meschery's a remarkable fellow. As a young lawyer in Seattle I had the pleasure of watching him play (with our Jeff Mullins) against the Sonics. He was one tough hombre on a very good Warriors team.

There have been two recent stories, one about him and the other about a Saint Mary's kid who broke Tom's school rebound record (dunno if that would be true if Meschery had been allowed the four years permitted now.)

Meschery is one of the student athletes who, as a adult, really made a difference in peoples' lives: Poet/author; coach, teacher. Not many NCAA basketball players can say all that.