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Some Saturdays, when the gym would be open, I'd scrimmage against the Dunk, as we called him. He always forced me left, since I was right handed, and he'd let me get by him, then block my right-handed shot, until he taught me to use the left...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, | Title: Blue Chip Stock | 1/10/1984 | See Source »

...dominates her life once more. He has had her dress pressed and sends her to the showers while he fixes breakfast. Whereas the night before he was playing father to Ellen, he now becomes her mother as well. In a famous sequence, he teaches her how to properly dunk and eat a donut. It seems as if he is always "teaching" her something, constantly asserting his control and superiority over her. When her father's detectives show up looking for her, Ellen and Peter carry out an hilarious charade, pretending to be a bickering married couple. Their portrayal...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Saints, Proust and Baseball | 6/8/1983 | See Source »

...available, but they won't mean anything until the will to solve the problem arises. And while there are plenty of well-intentioned people around; while NCAA officers can slap meaningless probations on naughty little schools; and while there is a rule-book so heavy Quintin Dailey couldn't dunk it--this all-important will is hibernating...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowitz, | Title: A Voice in the Wilderness | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

...Slam Dunk...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: Baseball as Antidote | 6/25/1982 | See Source »

Robinson cheered up his coach with a powerful dunk off an Enderle feed at 16:36 and the Tigers never fell behind again...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: ...But Tigers Hoopsters Take Revenge, 60-50 | 2/27/1982 | See Source »

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