Word: hoopes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard finally located the hoop again as Arnie Needleman sank a bank shot and Jonas Honick added a bomb from the corner to cut the Minuteman margin...
Aside from allowing extra chances at the hoop for the other team, the failure to play the defensive boards well cut down on the ability of the Crimson to mount a fast break. "I would love to run a fast break type offense," Sanders said. "But you can't do it without control of the defensive boards...
...there's Harry. Bob Harrison has become another folk hero in the annals of Crimson sport. The volatile, irascible former coach of Harvard hoop has left an indelible mark upon all who knew...
Granted that Boston is not a hotbed of hoop (you can ask the Celtics about that), but even by Beantown's standards the crowds are thin. Many felt that the addition of, Thomas "Satch" Sanders, former Celts star of many years, as head basketball coach would boost attendance. It did initially, but after the excitement wore off and people realized that Satch was no miracle worker and that the team was still losing as many as they were winning, the crowds dropped again to pitiful levels...
...Magic Mountain amusement park in Valencia, Calif. Backed by a fresh-faced chorus called the Mark Curb Congregation, Mark soft-shoe-shuffled and crooned through a couple of olden goldies, The Sidewalks of New York and A Bicycle Built for Two. Then he introduced his guests, National Hula Hoop Champion Lori Lynn Raye, 15, and Sugar-Rocker Craig Johnson, 15. Modest Mark admitted some identification problems in his new career. "I'm not Tom Jones and I'm not a cow," he allowed. Perhaps thinking nostalgically of the days when all it took to gain a cheer...