Known as "the Houdini of the Hardwood," Bob Cousy (born 1928) was a pioneer in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Many consider him the definitive point guard and an excellent playmaker, one o...
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Nevada junior guards Marcelus Kemp and Ramon Sessions will enter the NBA draft in June, but without agents so they'll retain the option of returning to school next fall, coach Mark Fox said Thursda...
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Fifty years to the day after Boston won the first of its NBA-best 16 titles, the Celtics showed just how far they are from winning another one.Charlie Bell scored 24 points and Dan Gadzuric added a...
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Ralph Beard, an All-American guard for Kentucky in the 1940s and a key figure in college basketball's biggest betting scandal, died Thursday. He was 79.Beard, who helped the Wildcats win national c...
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The masters of mayhem are moving on. Southern Illinois got the type of game it craves _ no rhythm, no flow, no open shots _ and turned it into a 61-51 victory over Holy Cross in the first round of ...
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Pete Maravich knew no compromises in pursuit of his goal. He wanted to be the best basketball player he could be.The seed was planted in his mind by his basketball-coach father, Press, and embraced...
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It wasn't exactly the welcome wagon.The day William Fenton Russell's family moved from Louisiana to Oakland, Calif., the 9-year-old took a breather on the front steps of his new home. Suddenly, fiv...
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He didn’t jump when a guy at a garage sale offered him $100 for his baseball-card collection in 1979.Last week, he jumped at the chance to make history.David Kohler, along with an Orange Coun...
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Say goodbye to Lute Olson, who will join his good friends Bob Knight and Mike Krzyzewski as spectators. The three coaching legends were booted from the NCAA tournament just as the fun was starting....
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Aug. 29, 2005, 3:30 p.m.
I sit on the No. 7 train, heading to the U.S. Open, and I admire the shapely calves of the woman sitting next to me. She’s talking to two colleagues who stand in fro...
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Bob Cousy
Nevada's Kemp, Sessions turning pro
