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Nothing is deader than yesteryear's fad, or so at least moan merchants who have been stuck with unsalable stocks of Yo-yos, Davy Crockett hats and Batman costumes. Until six weeks ago, the same could have been said of Hula Hoops, which in a profitable six months in 1958 racked up worldwide sales of 70 million. But Wham-O Manufacturing Corp., which started the first craze, had a hunch that hoops were good for another twirl. The novelty that was needed was noise. So Wham-O put half-a-dozen ¼-in.-diameter ball bearings inside each hollow...
Missing a mark in yachting is a mistake roughly comparable to shooting at the opponents' hoop in basketball or stealing an occupied base in baseball...
...came the Bill Russell Rule, which forbids blocking a shot when the ball is on its downward course. Now there is the Lew Alcindor Rule. College basketball's rules makers decided last week that players may no longer "dunk" or "stuff" the ball by ramming it through the hoop from directly above...
Gene Dressler -- with fewer than five seconds, remaining in his Crimson basketball career -- faked left, took two steps to the right, hesitated and banked a ten-foot jump shot off the board. The ball plunked through the hoop, giving Harvard a 71-69 win over Dartmouth in the IAB last night...
...these plays, Grate chased a loose ball to the sideline, leaped into the air and grabbed it, then gunned it downcourt to Gallagher all in one motion. Gallagher caught the pass about 15 feet from the hoop, dribbled twice, jumped over a 5 ft. 8 in. Bruin and dropped the ball in the basket...