Julius Erving’s place in the NBA’s rise, and the importance of the dunk, should not be forgotten
Erving’s move from the New York Nets to the 76ers in 1976 was a key moment in NBA history.
Requiem for a groundhog
The origin of Groundhog Day in America traces to the fervent religious beliefs of German-speaking immigrants in the 1800s.
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"I would bow down and let him have him to keep it going" - Larry Bird would've kept Phil Jackson to stop Michael Jordan from retiring
With that in mind, "Larry Legend" shared his unsolicited advice to Bulls general manager Jerry Krause regarding his decision ...
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"I didn't put him in; we got beat and he told me that was a reason why" - When Larry Bird showed his high school coach how competitive he is
While his potential was evident from an early age, he didn't instantly get varsity stardom. "And I'll be darned, I put him in a game, and he helped us win," said Jim Jones, who coached Bird in high ...
‘OBEX’ Review: ‘Eraserhead’ Meets ‘The Legend of Zelda’ in a Black-and-White, Cicada-Plagued Sci-Fi Trip
Writer/director Albert Birney's 'OBEX' is a strange trip into male anxiety, buoyed by black-and-white cinematography and male anxieties.
George Tice, ‘Bard of New Jersey’ With a Camera, Dies at 86
He found beauty in the prosaic: bars, phone booths, hamburger joints, barber shops — first in a downtrodden Paterson, then ...
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Coolidge Corner Theatre celebrates Black icons of cinema
For Black History Month, the cinema is hosting a six-film retrospective shining a spotlight on groundbreaking performances ...
The search for an all-time scorer that time forgot
The unwritten history of Finell White, who went from Harlem playgrounds to South Carolina countrysides and rewrote the record ...
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How does Amy Siewe hunt and kill pythons? She will tell you at Ding Darling lecture series
Amy Siewe will take a break from wrangling Burmese pythons in the Everglades to talk about what it's like to wrangle pythons, ...
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When a House Painter Failed to Assassinate President Andrew Jackson, It Was the First Such Attempt in U.S. Presidential History
Duel pistols were no match for the White House incumbent, who fended off the assailant with his cane on this date in 1835 ...