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...Bruin boosters roared their pleasure as their hero gathered in lob passes, then levitated his lanky, 6 ft. 11 in. frame and dropped the ball delicately downward for a basket. At the opposite end of the court, Walton planted himself in front of Oregon State shooters like a giant redwood tree, branches stretching toward the ceiling. Near the end of the game, when Oregon State surged to within three points of U.C.L.A., Walton responded with a torrent of shots and rebounds that kept the Bruins in the lead. For his efforts that evening early this month: 31 points, 19 rebounds...
...with U.C.L.A. basketball in the mid-1960s, when former All-America Willie Naulls brought two disgruntled sophomores, Lew Alcindor (now Jabbar) and Lucius Allen, to him for some counseling. Alcindor and Allen in turn brought their teammates, and Sam eventually negotiated the professional contracts of Alcindor, Allen and other Bruin stars, such as Sidney Wicks, Henry Bibby and Nater. Like all his other services, Gilbert's agentry comes free. "I do it because I'm a friend and also a savvy businessman who knows most of the tricks and clauses that the kids have no knowledge about...
...Richardson, wrestling on the varsity squad for the first time, turned in the most exciting finish of the afternoon by holding on in the final seconds to beat his Bruin opponent...
Other Harvard winners were Mike Dee at 150 lbs., and Jim Strathmeyer at 177 lbs., who turned in a second-period pin on Bruin grappler Jeff Jacobs...
...elbows flew fast and furiously in the first period, as Brown played its usual scrappy, physical style of hockey. The referees, however, must have been lulled to sleep by the Bruin offense, which did not get a shot on net in the opening period. The refs called only three penalties in the stanza, two on Harvard...