When it was over, Shumate staggered up the ramp and groped along the cinderblocks, stopping to steal the whirring in his head, resting it on a shelf that juts out into the corridor.
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Arizona is Full of Convalescents, But Not Many Look as Healthy as John Shumate, 1976
It had been more than half a year since the Notre Dame strongman, the Suns’ No. 1 draft choice, had done any exercise more strenuous than walking his dog.
Louis Dunbar: Best of the Big Bunch, 1974
It was an awesome sight for opponents when Dunbar played in the Houston backcourt for a team labeled “the Big Bunch”
Willie Naulls: What Else Does He Have to Do? 1962
Naulls has grown to shrug off the doubters.
Eastern League: A Typical Shootout in a Run-and-Gun League, 1974
The opponent is Allentown, tied with Scranton for the Western Division lead with an 11-6 record.
Cyril Baptiste: The Destruction of a $450,00 Basketball Player, 1973
“He could never conquer the demons,” Baptiste’s mentor and coach Leroy Floyd reflected on his life. “He always gave people good advice, but he didn’t always take it himself.”
Bill Sharman: There’s Too Much Grabbing, 1976
“Pro basketball isn’t supposed to be shuffleboard, but it shouldn’t be football and hockey either.”
Maravich, Mount, Murphy: M-M-M Good in College, But What Do the Pros Think? 1970
In approximately 11 months, when the M boys step onto the court to make their professional debuts, we will begin to see how right or wrong the experts were.
Jerry Levine: It Takes Three, 1967
The men who were steering the “good ship NBA” are living in a never-never land and their shortsightedness in doing something about the gremlins that are at work under the deck defies belief.
Red Auerbach: The New York Knicks are Overrated, 1971
No one can tell Auerbach what it takes to win a championship, nor can anyone tell him what it is like to remain a champion.
From Way Downtown 