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Joe Fulks: Report on a Warrior, 1948
Joe Fulks today is the most-feared and most highly respected marksman in basketball.
Dave Bing: To See Again, 1975
“I was 12 hours without sight. My wife and a friend had to lead me around by the hand. People don’t realize how lucky they are just to have sight.”
What Dave Bing Had to Learn, 1968
He jumps like a man inches taller. When he sets off on a long-striding drive, the common layup becomes a basketball happening.
The Amazing Marques Johnson, 1979
Johnson’s attitude hasn’t changed. He signs autographs endlessly. No matter how many people surround him, he is patient, always smiling, always chatting.
Marques Johnson: His Father the Influencer, 1977
Marques Johnson was not alone on that backyard court. Jeff Johnson was there, too, playing him one-on-one, challenging, teaching, and competing. Almost every day, for six or seven years.
Rudy LaRusso: ‘He Gets the Job Done,’ 1967
Rudy LaRusso does what he must. It’s made him wealthy as one of pro basketball’s top forwards.
Oscar Robertson: What He Wants Most Now, 1970
Oscar Robertson is a complex man playing a complex game in complex times. He has mastered the game as no one ever has.
Carl Braun: Perennial Freshman, 1953
Lapchick could go on for hours talking about Braun, the 25-year-old Manhasset, N.Y., athlete who was picked up from Colgate University after he turned professional when he signed with the New York Yankee chain as a pitcher for a $4,000 bonus in 1947.
The Big E vs. Wilt, 1968
So Elvin Hayes prodded, spoke of getting ready for the real Wilt Chamberlain. But something kept getting in the way.
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