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...leave our vehicles behind." He adds, "I felt a sense of life preservation. I felt like I wanted to live." The separation was swift, as it had always been when a disciple chose to leave or was expelled. Do gave Sawyer $600 and a plane ticket to Phoenix, Arizona...
...days of touring helped members "re-examine if there's anything that might hold any attraction for any individual...[Those] things...now seem such a waste of time." Soon the time was right: Hale-Bopp was in sight, and on March 20, 1997, UFO enthusiasts noted heightened activity in Arizona. The suicides began on March...
...first freshman point guard to lead his team to college basketball's national championship. In Arizona's inspiring 84-79 overtime victory over defending champion Kentucky in the final in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 31, he scored 19 points, assisted on four baskets and even led his team in rebounds with nine. "He is a special one," says Dean Smith, coach of the North Carolina team Arizona beat in the semifinals. He is Mike Bibby, son of--Virginia Bibby...
Bibby wasn't the only reason why his team pleasantly surprised college basketball by beating three No. 1 seeds on its way to the championship. Indeed, Arizona's Wildcats had almost as many story lines as free throws in their win over Kentucky's Wildcats. There was vindication for Lute Olsen, the "Coach from Glad," who forever silenced his detractors. There was guard Jason Terry, who slept in his uniform the night before the final. Then there was guard Miles Simon, who began the season as the academically ineligible brother-in-law of Darryl Strawberry but ended...
These things happen. Henry met Virginia, a native of Trinidad, in New York City when he played for the '73 N.B.A. champion Knicks. They married, had four children and followed the bouncing ball from city to city before settling in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1980, when Mike was two. After coaching in the minor pro leagues, Henry landed a job as an assistant coach at Arizona State. But after a recruiting scandal there in 1985, he went back to being a coaching gypsy: Baltimore, Maryland; Savannah, Georgia; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Venezuela. His trips home to Phoenix lost all frequency, and Henry...