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...monologue, he asks a gaggle of teens, "Excuse me, do you speak American?" This guy is a rap artist without synthesizer, improvising an autobiography as he addresses the girls, and they pretend not to notice him. "Hey, Elaine baby, did you know I played high school basketball with Akeem Olajuwon? An' I was quarterback for the Jets. An' my seven sisters were kidnaped and raised by the Chinese. An' . . ." But now Elaine and Denise and the others have reached the door, and the scat-chatting street poet is being hustled away by the theater manager. There'll be enough eccentrics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Across the Land: The Voice of Rocky Horror | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...Houston center Akeem (as Hakeem was known then) Olajuwon was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 1983 Final Four after averaging 20.5 points and 20.0 rebounds for the two games. But it was North Carolina State and coach Jim Valvano who danced on the floor after winning the national title...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NCAA Tournament Notebook | 3/13/2001 | See Source »

...True Romance (a flop), both based on stories by Quentin Tarantino -- but ignored Tarantino's critically acclaimed but equally violent Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, both released by Miramax, a division of Walt Disney Co. Disney also owns Hollywood Records, whose performers include such controversial rappers as Prince Akeem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME WARNER: A COMPANY UNDER FIRE | 6/12/1995 | See Source »

Charles Barkely and Shaquille O'Neal are great, charismatic players, Akeem Olajuwon, Anfernee Hardaway and Pippen do some amazing things on a nightly basis...

Author: By Jason E. Kolman, | Title: Jordan, Take Two | 3/18/1995 | See Source »

...against another Cinderella in Wolf(pack)'s clothing, N.C. State. Jim Valvano's sixth seed would have lost in the first round but for the poor foul shooting of Pepperdine, but they were still around to knock off the Bulldogs and set up a matchup in the finals against Akeem (before the "H") Olajuwon's Houston Cougars, generally regarded as the best team in the country at the time...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: March Greatness | 3/15/1994 | See Source »

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