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Onscreen, John Wayne was a blunt talker and straight shooter. "Duke," who died in 1979, was also good at firing off angry letters to friends, including Ronald Reagan. In November 1977 Wayne blistered Reagan for a fund-raising letter that the Duke considered full of false statements about the Panama Canal treaties. "I'll show you point by God damn point where you are misinforming people," wrote Wayne, who supported the agreement to cede U.S. control of the canal to Panama. If Reagan persisted in making "erroneous remarks," Wayne continued, "someone will publicize your letter to prove that...
According to Mueller, now retired, Howard was a more than able player. In his senior year he copped the Most Valuable Player for his district. "He was big, very mobile, a good jumper and shooter," Mueller recalls. Had he chosen to aim for professional ball, his coach says, "he would have given it a good...
Neglecting to win only one game in 29, Tarkanian is still deliberating over "whether we're really a great team" or just quite a good one "that plays awfully hard." Six-Foot Guard Mark Wade, a selfless passer unnoticed at his first stop, Oklahoma, operates the offense. An outside shooter named Gerald Paddio has come along to encourage opponents to emulate Tarkanian's bedrock man-to-man defense. "The only ones crying about the ((new three-point)) 19- ft. rule are the coaches who like to play zone. If anything's hurting college basketball, it's zone defenses...
While several statuesque thyroid cases share the Las Vegas pivot, the team is fundamentally centered if not completely built upon the solid 6-ft. 9-in. soft shooter and rugged rebounder Gilliam. A high school wrestler from Pittsburgh, he toyed with the notion of playing football at Clemson and embraced basketball last. "When you mention Las Vegas, people think of glitter," Gilliam says, "but glitter wears...
...then he missed those first six shots of the second half. Why did Penn go to its coldest shooter with the game--and control of the Ivy League--on the line...