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Chamberlain was clearly in the twilight of his career, and would not be much more effective in containing Shaq than Dikembe Mutumbo was during the 2001 Finals. West was one of the most clutch players in NBA history, alongside the likes of Larry Bird and Michael Jordan, but would draw the unenviable assignment of guarding Kobe Bryant, whose athleticism would overwhelm the perimeter defense of ’72 Lakers. If the two teams were to play a series, the current Lakers would cruise, defeating their Inglewood ancestors in five games...
...Thousand Country Roads begins 16 years after the close encounter in Bridges. The two principals are spending their twilight years many miles apart: Robert Kincaid on an island in Puget Sound; Francesca Johnson, now a widow, dreaming away the long evenings on her Iowa farm. Bored with retirement and pushing 70, Kincaid sets off in his beloved pickup to see the fateful Roseman Bridge one last time. There's tension in the air, but not because we expect the two lovers to meet again--Waller made it clear in Bridges that they never do. The tension comes from...
Knowing that I was sleeping in the prince's old bedroom, where he spent his twilight years reliving old glories and plotting who knows what intrigues under the watchful eye of the government, added to the Souvannaphoum's mildewy colonial charm. As did the chilled bottles of Beer Lao served up by the smiling bellboy...
...people who miss the camaraderie, excitement, and structure of high school sports, the athletic opportunities open to them in college are woefully unfulfilling. Like the grays that shade twilight, the games are just shadows of the once meaningful athletic events they’ve replaced. In high school, the private satisfaction of competition joined with the public pride of playing for your community to turn sports into more than just a game. And though the private aspect endures in college, the lack of larger meaning strips athletics of one of its most important elements. The events that replace high school...
...time of "Sweet Smell," the boites that gave a home to the columnists were heading for twilight - or, since they were nightclubs, their final dawn. The Stork Club went bankrupt and then kaput in the 60s. A later disco spurt would revive the turbid El Morocco; it's still there, but unrecognizable. The "21" Club somehow survived as a rich man's steak house until Anne Rosenzweig took over in the 80s and began serving edible food. Toots Shor declined when night games kept reporters from having dinner there with the ballplayers they covered. There were fewer ballplayers...