ERVING PASSES TORCH TO JORDAN, NBA'S NEW KING By GLENN NELSON February 5, 1987 Publication: THE SEATTLE TIMES Page: C3 Word Count: 1379 CHICAGO, Jan. 17 _ Early in Michael Jordan's first career backcourt matchup with Philadelphia's Julius Erving, Chicago's John Paxson is motoring downcourt on a fast breakaway. The standing-room-only Chicago Stadium crowd of …
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Mad Men and the End of Linsanity
The signs all are there. The end of a news cycle. The end of a coaching tenure. The end of focused, team basketball in New York. The end, that is, of Linsanity. And, for many reasons, the end of watchable professional basketball. If you’d hoped this NBA fairy tale was going to end with Jeremy …
Of King James, Dexter and a Culture of Comeuppance
What comes around, goes around. Where and when I grew up, we’d say that so often, it became a way of life, a way of thinking and believing. A lot of NBA players come up in similar circumstances, so I can’t imagine that they didn’t also hear that bit of wisdom uttered a time or …
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The Buzz: Glenn Nelson 