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...merely white, Bird is a paler shade of paste. As a moment of silence descends over him at the foul line, a youthful voice calling out from a courtside row can be heard in the mezzanine: "Larry Bird, why are you so white?" Bird laughs later. "It's amazing. I guess I'm a white superstar in a black man's game, but it's open to all colors." Sometimes from exertion he turns a flamingo shade of pink. Perching on one leg at nearly every pause in the game, he compulsively rubs and preens the tops and bottoms...
...pagans are licentious and foul-mouthed. They despise the black robes but fear the white man's power. They also covet the iron kettles, muskets and other trade goods the Europeans can provide in exchange for escort services. For the man of God, the journey is a trial of faith and a temptation in the wilderness. Each bend in the river holds new dangers to body and spirit: hunger, pestilence, raiding Iroquois and challenges hurled at Christianity by an Indian shaman...
Just as clear, though, is the memory of Duncan, disappearing into traffic along the baseline and reappearing underneath the basket, drawing the foul as he shoots...
Yale spent the rest of the contest on the foul line, scoring its last eight points from the charity stripe. For the game, the Elis held a 17-4 edge in scoring from the line...
Several key offensive mistakes then doomed the Crimson, and a technical foul with 9:19 left to play on the Harvard coaching staff allowed the Bruins to open up a nine point lead...