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...Lions pulled ahead during the short spurt largely on fast breaks. Time after time the Crimson would be caught empty-handed as one of Columbia's speedy guards would be racing toward the basket to catch a long pass and dribble in for an easy basket...

Author: By John A. Rava, | Title: Varsity Basketball Team Loses League Games to Lions, Bruins | 2/4/1957 | See Source »

...period of the East-West professional All-Star basketball game, Boston's Bill Sharman cut loose with a long pass to his teammate Bob Cousy. Cousy never got his hands on the ball. It sailed over his head and dropped cleanly through the net for a 70-ft, basket, probably the longest unintentional field goal on record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Pros | 1/28/1957 | See Source »

...however, was a sloppy one, with both squads missing many scoring opportunities. The contest ran into overtime when M.I.T. missed two foul shots with the score tied up at 75 apiece. The Yardlings took possession of the ball with a half-minute remaining, but muffed five tries at the basket. Then the Tech quintet took the ball and scored the winning tally...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fort Devens Defeats J.V., 70-68; Freshmen Lose to M.I.T., 77-75 | 1/16/1957 | See Source »

...Manhattan's Whitney Museum Annual. Four and a half months in the painting, it is a real Wyeth tour de force. Its breeze-blown, transparent valances swaying from the old-fashioned fourposter, its daring use of bare wall and blank window contrasted with the meticulous rendering of wicker basket and window-shade drawstring, require skills and technique that few modern artists even claim to possess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Baked Surprises | 1/7/1957 | See Source »

...string of coordinated spaghetti, put on a pro uniform for the Celtics and overcame first-game nervousness to put on a defensive display of perfection. Cousy, cool as ever in the clutch, fired the team to a last-minute rally and Bill Sharman came through with a last-second basket that won the game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Good Times in the Garden | 12/31/1956 | See Source »

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