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...resembles the old NBA--old, as in the Michael Jordan era--not a bit. Take Allen Iverson, for starters. Let's be honest: everyone in the league who doesn't live in Philadelphia was hoping that anyone but this guy would emerge as the next Man. But in his fifth season, the little one (6 ft. flat) is the biggest thing in sneakers. Averaging 29.7 points a game, he has led Philadelphia to the best record in the league (36-14), which renders commissioner David Stern delighted...
...threat - of exhaustiveness in its 728 pages. For Giddins, that meant he sat through a lot more of the Crosby films than I could manage (and more of each film, I'll warrant: some of the '30s musicals almost demand fast-forwarding through the comedy specialties by Burns and Allen, Bob Burns, Martha Raye and others too grating to mention). Giddins is attentive and generous to Crosby's films, finding saving graces, vagrant epiphanies or sociological sassiness in each. He is also knowledgeable about the movie milieu, offering paragraph-long portraits of dozens of Bing's coworkers. The book ends...
...Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations and K. Anthony Appiah, professor of Afro-American studies and philosophy opened the panel with introductory remarks...
Also present to observe the sit-in were Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, Associate Dean of the College David P. Illingworth '71 and Dr. S. Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations...
...Allen 'The Answer' Iverson, the East squad came from 21 points behind with eight minutes left in the game to win a thrilling 111-110 match-up. Kobe Bryant and Stephon Marbury went mano a mano in the last minute. Finally Dikembe Mutumbo forced the Lakers sensation into an awkward pass to Tim Duncan with just seconds remaining, and his desperate last second shot was blocked by Vince Carter to end the game...