Word: dunks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...North Carolina: The Strange Case of "Dr. Dunk...
...things with a basketball that Dr. James Naismith, who invented the game, never contemplated. Like slam it through the basket from all sorts of odd angles, with such style that by the time he was a high school junior, sportswriters were already calling him "Dr. Dunk." Led by Dominique, the Washington High School Pam Pack won back-to-back state Triple-A league championships and built up a 56-game winning streak, then the longest in the nation. In his senior year, Dominique averaged nearly 30 points and 16 rebounds a game. He was named to Parade 's high...
...last spring Dr. Dunk's achievements had made him one of the most sought-after high school players in the U.S. More than 200 colleges were hoping to snag him. Dozens of coaches or their representatives made the long trek to the Washington...
...free tickets to its home games. And when that snazzy red and white Chrysler showed up in the driveway outside his mother's modest apartment in the Runyon Creek public housing project, everyone assumed that it was the clincher in N.C. State's sign up Dr. Dunk campaign. After all, she wasn't working. How could she afford an expensive car like that? Besides, weren't red and white the Wolfpack colors...
...backboard. There were also other potentially dangerous sharp edges and points on the rim. Kirk's conclusion, in a straight-faced report to the Journal of the American Medical Association: the lacerations had occurred when the players' hands hit the hoop while they were making slam dunk shots. Recommends Kirk: "In the interest of good sports medicine, all high school and college coaches, athletic directors and attending physicians should check these basketball goals to prevent further injuries to players...