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...theory of suburban living that seems to cross barriers of class and station, the old swimming hole attracted the neighbors. When the neighboring residence is Sandringham House, however, and the kids who drop by are from the Windsor family, it is not only a quick dunk that is being shared. It is a sense of community, of assumptions of privilege, of life lived at one remove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Queen for a New Day | 4/20/1981 | See Source »

...lack of intensity that let Ira James get behind the Crimson defense on an inbounds pass and race down the court for a crowd-pleasing slam dunk to put Brown up, 64-57. That shot dumped the Crimson more than any other...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Hoopsters Fall to Bruins; 73-65 Loss Ends Season | 3/9/1981 | See Source »

...concept, Miller insists, is simple:basic basketball. Yet in an era of slam-dunk superstars, his beaver-like discipline is not exactly fashionable. Miller maintains that the passing game requires a player to reverse the order in which he learned to play: "The first thing a kid does when you hand him a basketball is bounce it on the floor. After a while, he starts to throw it at a basket. Last and least, he passes it to another kid. Our thinking is the other way around." Says Forward Lester Conner: "With Ralph, if you get fancy and dribble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pass Masters of the Game | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

...outcome of tonight's game will provide the team with some indication of just how far the squad has to rise before they can dunk Eastern rivals MIT and Brown...

Author: By Jay Woodruff, | Title: Water Polo to Debut Tonight | 9/17/1980 | See Source »

Besides their size, the Cubans could all jump. For long stretches they waged sort of aerial battle of Havana about a foot above the rim. Morales and amigos proved particularly adept at flying in from nowhere to dunk, then quickly ducking their heads so they would avoid hitting the backboard...

Author: By Panos P. Constantinides, | Title: Of Politics and Sports: The Classics Discover Cuba | 4/12/1980 | See Source »

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