Coleman Collins on pro basketball and college football

In addition to being a key big man for the Bundesliga's Ulm team, Coleman Collins has long been among TrueHoop's most thoughtful contributors. After a summer of travel, he's back in Germany preparing for the season, and he checks in with thoughts of travel, writing, international professional hoops and college football: I did a lot of traveling this summer. I visited Sweden for Midsummer, visited my favorite Peace Corps volunteer and quasi-brother in the Philippines, spent a month in Spain -- Barcelona, Madrid, San Sebastian. I had a wonderful dinner at one of the best restaurants in the world. There are a lot of stories and experiences I'll eventually share, starting with this: I'm at a bar in Barcelona, watching the World Cup. It's a small Irish pub around the corner from our apartment, a spacious spot in El Born that my friend Vita so graciously offered Matt and I while she was away traveling the month of June (thanks Vita!) The U.S. is playing Sloven...