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...thing that distinguishes advertising for basketball in Puerto Rico from anywhere else is the message board above the backboard where you would expect the 30-second shot clock...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Advertisers' Big Bucks Changing the Face of Most Sports | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

Then Dana Barros started to take charge. The star Eagle guard woke up his squad with a basket under the backboard, and was fouled on the play. Barros, who scored 17 points in the half, made the free throw and started to break the Harvard press...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: B.C. Blasts M. Cagers, 121-80 | 12/2/1987 | See Source »

...inner-city left in Duncan. He talks with a thick accent, and his play is littered with flamboyant, dipsy-do, touches. Against Brown last month, Duncan, caught up in the air with his back to the basket, hurled a shot off the top corner of the backboard which spun into the net. Duncan ran downcourt with a completely straight face--you never admit luck on the playground...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Tracking An Unusual Inner-City Talent | 3/4/1987 | See Source »

Andy Morehead. Fr., Wyoming. Extremely hard worker. Has shown amazing progress. Claims to have a backboard-breaking brother...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Life in the Minors: The Men's JV Hoops Team | 2/6/1986 | See Source »

Balls were clanging off the backboard at such an alarming rate that starting 5-ft., 10-in. point guard Pat Smith. who had 11 rebounds in Harvard's first nine games, pulled down eight in 34 minutes of play...

Author: By Jessica Dorman and Jonathan Putnam, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Dartmouth Trips Up Men Cagers in Ivy Opener; Harvard (3-7) Posts 1-2 Mark Over Winter Break | 1/6/1986 | See Source »

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