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...come from a completely non-athletic family. In high school, my athletic activities were limited to playing innocuous, undemanding games of badminton or kickball. My parents pushed us to read and calculate, not to throw and run. My older brother erected a basketball hoop in our driveway that went unused after a year of initial excitement, and my brilliant, studious sister preferred the newspaper or a Jane Austen novel to a game of basketball or tennis. Both siblings ultimately turned out swell—I, in fact, became the black sheep of the family after they both graduated from...
...call it the Texas bow,” she says. But she says the bow (which she calls the “Full Court Bow”) is very hard. Not only is it difficult to rise from the floor, bowers are also hampered by their heavy dresses and hoop skirts. Their garb acts like a suction and pins them to the floor. But when done right, she says, “It’s supposed to look like you are melting to the floor and acknowledging the people you are bowing to gracefully...
...something for everyone. A Seinfeld standup show, a Grandmaster Flash resurrection, a Bobby Knight book signing, a John Wooden breakfast, alumni events, a sports bar. College all-stars dunked and arced, and in an historic footnote, handed the Harlem Globetrotters their first loss in 222 games. The NCAA's Hoop City offered ongoing interactive play and celebrity challenges. Of course, this is Atlanta, so we must give a nod to the city's infamous nude dance clubs - about 40 citywide - all of which offered up a brand of excitement you just don't find back home in Kansas or Indiana...
...floor to the loose ball. Diving to the floor like a linebacker pouncing on a fumble, he gathered it up and worked it to a teammate. A split-second later, as Pat Harvey’s three attempt banged off the rim, Coleman had already raced back underneath the hoop to secure an offensive rebound—one of his 21 on the weekend—keeping the possession alive...
With 30 seconds left in a close contest at Dartmouth last year, Clemente lined up to make an inbounds pass under Harvard’s hoop, staring down a frantic full-court press applied by the Big Green...