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...Harvard men's basketball team made its first public appearance of the 1990-91 season with an entertaining but less-than-impressive 106-84 victory over Asker, a Norwegian team that plays Division I European basketball. Variety was the keyword of the night--this was not Ivy League basketball...
...first five minutes of the game was very NBA-ish. Harvard scored on two slam dunks, one layup, one tip-in follow and a baseline jumper. Asker answered with a pair of layups and two three-point jumpers...
Leading the slamfest was Asker's Ellington Wilkins, whose 10 field goals included five slam dunks. Wilkins, who graduated from Houston Baptist University, finished the game with 26 points on 10-for-13 from the field, if you want to call one foot above the rim the field...
James finished with 18 points on 7-for-18 shooting from the field. However, Asker couldn't stop Rullman, who tallied 16 first-half points in leading the Crimson to a 56-36 halftime lead. Rullman finished with 24 points on 10-for-15 shooting. Classmate Campbell drove the lane quicker-than-the-eye and dished off for numerous baskets en route to a nine-assist, 12-point effort...
Television journalism demands presence. The first and loudest question is apt to net presidential attention and response. That is the gold. The second, more muted question is apt to be ignored and forgotten, and the asker is apt to feel his stardom and celestial salary threatened. Network White House correspondents can now come close to a million a year. A startled Lyndon Johnson once grumped, "My God, do you realize they pay some of those telly- vision reporters $60,000 a year?" Mere peanuts today...