Word: basketeers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...abbess of the convent against Felicity (Susan Penhaligon), a young nun who preaches a platform of free love. With the help of her Haldeman-Ehrlichman like cronies (Geraldine Page and Anne Jackson), Jackson engineers a scheme to record her rival's conversations and steal love letters from her sewing basket. Naturally, the Jesuits hired to filch the evidence are caught in the act, and the nuns decide on cover-up rather than confession...
...side basketball in which a team's three forwards and three guards are restricted to opposite ends of the court. The guards play defense and pass the ball across the midcourt line to the forwards, who work it in for good shots. While half-court rules restrict basket-to-basket flow, they also place a premium on passing and shooting. Other regulations boost the pace and scoring. Guards may not tie up the ball unless a forward is either in the lane or taking a shot. Players are restricted to two dribbles and must pass off. shoot or take...
...sinking 22 points. Kennedy's Sisters Mossbarger, alternately swapping guard and forward positions, proved devastating under the boards. The lead changed hands 14 times before the half ended in a 26-26 tie, and seesawed again in the second half until, with 44 seconds remaining. Blake sank a basket and a free throw to win the game for Southeast Folk's Rams...
...Jocks' second platoon was led by the sterling play of 6-ft. 5-in. Financial Aid Officer John "Too-Tall" Morgan, a Detroit University forward in the early '60s. Morgan contributed 16 points to the winning cause with some tantalizing full-court rushes to the basket, completely overpowering his peerless adversaries...
...justice to the majesty and the savagery of the act. First comes the ballet move-an explosion in the legs, a concussive last step and then a great leap. Floating, twisting, pulling free of the floor, drifting over dazed defenders. Then the frozen moment, suspended above the basket, serene for a timeless instant. Finally the kill: ramming ball through rim in a single ferocious stab of hostility and triumph...