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...Papa Sam began his relationship with U.C.L.A. basketball in the mid-1960s, when former All-America Willie Naulls brought two disgruntled sophomores, Lew Alcindor (now Jabbar) and Lucius Allen, to him for some counseling. Alcindor and Allen in turn brought their teammates, and Sam eventually negotiated the professional contracts of Alcindor, Allen and other Bruin stars, such as Sidney Wicks, Henry Bibby and Nater. Like all his other services, Gilbert's agentry comes free. "I do it because I'm a friend and also a savvy businessman who knows most of the tricks and clauses that the kids...
Boston show. Would Papa, 79, journey from his Stockbridge, Mass., home to take in the exhibition? No. He sent word that he was "too busy" with portraits of Golfer Arnold Palmer and Movie Star John Wayne...
Late in the season we were talking about soccer and I mentioned to Papa that I thought Kidder had been looking good. "Yeah," he said, absolutely deadpan; "He turned out to be tough...
Last year Papagianis may have inadvertently tipped me off to exactly how good Kidder is. Papa had this habit of screwing up his face, as if in pain, shrugging his shoulders and describing the shortcomings of teammates ever so gently; always with generous little excuses and a paternal smile. He understood so well how tough it was for the other guys...