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...basket. On one incredible play, as Lakers Guard Archie Clark was driving in all alone for a layup, Russell roared out of nowhere, making up fully five strides in a single bound, leaped high, and clamped a huge hand over the ball before Clark could drop it into the hoop. "Russell," acknowledged Los Angeles' West afterward, "is the best basketball player I've ever seen. They talk about Wilt Chamberlain, but Russell always rises to the occasion. He is really the most valuable player...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basketball: Effortless Age | 5/10/1968 | See Source »

Gallagher turned a Gustavson pass into a three point play. Grate hit successive hanging jump shots, the second after swiping an errant Yale pass. Then Kanuth found Johnson alone under the basket for another hoop. Harvard led 45-34, and although no one would have believed it then, the game was over...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Hoopsters Upset Blues In Final Home Contest | 3/4/1968 | See Source »

...league hoop circuit, third place Leverett challenges second-place Winthrop tonight. Eliot, on top of the standings with a 10-1 record, tackles Dudley tonight and last-place Dunster on Thursday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Sports | 2/27/1968 | See Source »

...ANNUAL N.B.A. ALL-STAR GAME (ABC, 8:30 p.m. to conclusion). Top stars from the National Basketball Association's Eastern and Western divisions hoop it up on the court in Manhattan's new Madison Square Garden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television, Theater, Records, Cinema, Books: Jan. 19, 1968 | 1/19/1968 | See Source »

...spread hula-hoops across the country," he declared "and now they're dumping them on little children in Nepal. Getting out of the hula-hoop business," he added, "was where I made money...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Linkletter Wows B-School Crowd | 10/24/1967 | See Source »

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