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...center Corey Beasley scored 15 second-half points to lead the Eagles, who shot an unbelievable 75 percent in the half. When guard Jamie Benton hit Tyrone Scott for an alley-oop slam dunk at the 9:35 mark to give B.C. a 40-point lead, 95-55, the Crimson's fate was sealed...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: B.C. Blasts M. Cagers, 121-80 | 12/2/1987 | See Source »

...sitting on a stool in the "Dunk 'n' Dip" doughnut shop on Third Street in East Cambridge. I'm reading the morning paper 'n' I'm reading a story that refers to Ted Kennedy. Seem like the senator wants to create a national literacy corps of college kids who'll earn course credits for teaching youngsters and adults how to read. Senator Ted wants to set up pilot tutoring programs at fine Massachusetts colleges to form the model for a national campaign. Bank of Boston has offered $5,000 grants to each of five schools to start up the programs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Readin' 'n' Writin' | 9/22/1987 | See Source »

...right. Shortly after the Russian invention of soccer, the gangly Karim picked up a soccer ball and playfully thrust it back over his head into a potato basket hanging from the rafter of a people's barn. He thus simultaneously invented both the in-your-face reverse slam dunk and the entire game of basketball. Watch for the complete story in Izvestia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Evil Umpires? Not in Soviet Baseball | 8/10/1987 | See Source »

...with huge paws. Since then he has grown 2 in. in height, to 6 ft. 3 in., and a regimen of running has slimmed his legs and streamlined his carriage. "I have become an athlete," he says, resembling a basketball guard. "I'm not Dr. J, but I can dunk a basketball, just barely dunk it. Picking up a ball, any kind of ball, I always had a feeling for it. I knew how to handle it. I liked it." As Becker has grown physically, a part of his original appeal has diminished. Last week, vaulting the net after winning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Germany Shows a Pair of Aces | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

What do a 7-ft., 6-in Dinka tribesman-turned-NBA shot blocker, a 5-ft., 7-in. ACC freak show-turned-NBA slam dunk champion, and an academic All-America sociology major from Harvard have in common...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Soaring to a Professional Career | 5/22/1987 | See Source »

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