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Split second decisions are the name of the game and mindless impartiality is an ironclad rule. Mendy Rudolph, the former chief of NBA officials turned television commentator, says "Blow with reckless abandon and let the chips fall where they...
Diehl's genuine concern for the down-trodden young extends further than his ties with mercuric collegiate pheenoms who may rise to the galactic reaches of the NBA. His regular profession is that of probation officer. He invariably works with 17 to 23 year olds, who are mainly drug offenders. "It's kind of like officiating" he muses. "We have our successes and we have our failures but its also like officiating because we only know about our failures." On the side, Diehl conducts a five class clinic at Somerville High every year to prep young men for the ECAC...
Diehl works around three games a week while Hannon does 70 to 80 in a season. A pedometer attached to an NBA referee clocked just over six miles in a game, which is a lot of mileage considering younger officials may oversee up to 150 games over a campaign...
Harrison simply did not fit in at Harvard. He built a nine-year NBA career on toughness and a winning program while coach at Kenyon College on discipline and grueling workouts, but he could not transplant this attitude to Cambridge...
...Harvard Classics meanwhile are generally even closer to the big time. They scored their most recent coup by being picked by the New Hampshire Men's All Star Team, which includes two former NBA players, to play a preliminary game to a Celtic contest in the Boston Garden on March...