Word: nba
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...machismo to rise up from the slum in Brooklyn where he grew up. Bobby is known today as one of the best recruiters (if not the best game coaches) in college basketball, and one of the hardest workers. He has sent a countless number of players to the NBA, including Mark Price, John Salley, Tom Hammonds, Dennis Scott, Travis Best and Kenny Anderson, among others...
...Harvard squash program is one of the best collegiate programs in the country, and it looks like nothing much will change that assessment this coming year. Pat Riley won two straight NBA titles with the Lakers and called it a dynasty. One wonders what he would have called Harvard men's squash...
...Simpson Saga. For most sports fans it all began during the telecast of Game 5 of Knicks-Rockets 1994 NBA championship series with a white-bronco chase along a near-deserted freeway in California. Few could have guessed then that the saga would continue for 16 months of jury selection, DNA evidence, bloody gloves, mystery envelopes, Fuhrman tapes and, in maybe the most ironic twist of the entire circus, a verdict in four hours...
...starters, amidst all of the initial frenzy of O.J. news, the Knicks and Rockets managed to finish their best-of-seven series, and Hakeem Olawjowon led the Western Conference Champions to a 4-3 victory and the 1994 NBA crown...
...then, we knew a whole year had gone by since the beginning of the O.J. saga when the NBA crowned another champion--well, the same champion for a second straight time, as the Rockets humiliated a young Orlando Magic team in four straight games...