Word: knicks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Remember the scene in "Annie Hall" where Woody Allen sneaks away from the New York literary-scene bash to watch the Knick game? His soon-to-be-ex-wife discovers him watching TV and demands to know what's so fascinating about "a bunch of pituitary cases trying to stuff a ball through a hoop...
...freak shows. He spurred a dance craze: the Chameleon rivalled the Charleston in popularity. He triggered a host of songs (Cole Porter once wrote "You're the tops, you're Leonard Zelig--except he couldn't find anything to rhyme with Zelig). Zelig paraphenalia--ashtrays, jewelry, and general knick-knacks--cropped up and sold briskly...
This collection of partisan knick-knacks is owned and run by the Boston Red Sox. The team opened it up two seasons ago and while officials refuse to disclose their profits they acknowledge that it contributes a healthy amount of revenue...
...York Knick Sly Williams was suspended indefinitely for not reporting to a physical examination...
...Evans basketball program with, as Evens generously described them, "limited skills." But, said Evans, "he made himself into a great player... Freshman year, he was the first one here and the last one to leave." By sophomore year, he had made a varsity team which included current new York Knick Sly Williams. The team won the state championship, but without Fleming, who had left at the first of the year to serve as a page for U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker (D-Conn.). But before coming to Harvard, Fleming cupped all-District and honorable mention all-State honors in both...