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...their part, most NBA players insist that they either ignore the abuse or use it as motivation. "The hostile arenas make the game fun," says New York Knicks guard Allan Houston. "They make you want to hit a big shot so you can silence them." Houston, one of the league's gentlemen, admits, "As a player, it's hard not to go after some people, but you have to be a bigger person than that. If you hold back, it makes them look bad. It puts the stain on them...
...scenes, as Stover was getting ready to make that kick on a November Sunday afternoon, the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City looked like NASA control. The network was broadcasting four games simultaneously across the country (all of the CBS affiliates in Texas, for example, aired the Houston Texans--Indianapolis Colts contest, while New York, Baltimore and even North Dakota got Jets-Ravens). Hundreds of workers monitored screens in some two dozen control rooms, cutting highlight packages and instant replays from different angles, inserting graphics and stats boxes and alerting on-site directors of impending game breaks...
BRAD BANGLE Houston...
...RETIRING. JOHN W. YOUNG, 74, the world's longest-serving astronaut; after 42 years; in Houston. Young joined NASA in 1962 following a stint in the U.S. Navy and piloted the first manned flight of the Gemini program three years later. In 1981, having previously traveled twice to the moon, he commanded Columbia on the first space-shuttle mission. He is the only astronaut to have flown four types of spacecraft...
...that number could easily double this Saturday as the Grizzlies take on a ridiculously potent Sam Houston State offense that boasts Payton Award finalist quarterback Dustin Long, who has thrown for over 4,000 yards and 38 touchdowns this season. He leads a squad that has posted 89 points in its first two playoff games, including 21 in a ridiculous fourth-quarter comeback against Eastern Washington...