Word: auerbach
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tried to ship three dozen sneakers to a college in Burma once--got a company to agree to do it free. But the State Department returned the shoes to this company three times because they weren't packed right," Auerbach said with a sneer...
...Auerbach said sports diplomacy would be comparatively cheap and effective. "If we flooded a country with athletes the way we do with cocktail-drinkers, it might have been a different ballgame altogether...
Introduced by Tom "Satch" Sanders, an Auerbach find who went on to coach the Crimson, Auerbach stuck around after his speech to answer questions...
Predictably, the audience was as interested in Boston Garden as the rest of the world combined. When pressed, Auerbach said the two greatest Celtics teams were the Bob Cousy, Bill Sharman squad and the Jones boys team, both featuring William Russell at center...
...this year's Celtics? "We'll just have to wait and see," Auerbach said. But he was smoking a cigar as he left the room...