Word: slamma
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There are now an estimated 20 million riders hitting the decks. Skateboarders speed and rumble all around the Picasso sculpture in downtown Chicago. They come from as far away as Scotland to maneuver Milwaukee's Turf Skateboard Park. Georgia's Savannah Slamma is an annual springtime ritual for boarders to show their stuff. Says Scott Oster, 18, a pro skater out of Los Angeles: "Kids are ripping all over...
...points but marks. "Some sixes, some sevens," judged Jim Valvano, N.C. State's streety New York coach. "Drexler had a ten-plus." Clyde Drexler, a 6-ft. 7-in. forward, is fitted with Elgin Baylor's old gyroscope. For Houston's jumping fraternity, call letters Phi Slamma Jamma, arrogance was unavoidable. Forward Benny Anders described the method of the Cougars' 26th straight victory: "Take it to the rack, and stick it on them...
...Olajuwon for permitting Lorenzo Charles the inside position on the rebound. But there was no rebound. Whittenburg's 30-ft. buzzer shot missed completely. Standing under the backboard, Charles caught it and, scoring State's only second-half basket not shot from outside, stuffed it. Against Phi Slamma Jamma. That was the poetry...