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Word: frnak (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...conservative New England came Rhode Island State, an up-&-coming agricultural college, to make its debut in the Big Time. New York fans had heard fantastic tales about Little Rhody. It boasted the highest-scoring basketball team in the U. S. Its coach Oldtimer Frnak Keaney, taught a razzle-dazzle game based on a simple formula: "Just let the kids shoot baskets- the defense will take care of itself." One of Keaney's boys, StanleyModzelewski, had scored a record 509 points in 22 games last year. Little Rhody had lost only twelve games in the last five years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Little Rhody | 2/10/1941 | See Source »

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