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Fifty Years Later, 'Original' Dream Team Awaits Call of Fame

No, they weren't as popular as those on the 1992 Dream Team, a team mobbed wherever it went. But the players on the so-called original Dream Team certainly made an impact in their day. Terry Dischinger, a forward on the gold-medal winning 1960 Olympic basketball team, remembers being in New York shortly before the players...

Tip-Off Timer: Lunch With 'The Logo'

Tip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Sunday, there are 44 days remaining -- the same number the Lakers retired in 1983 for Jerry West.Sometimes the basketball gods smile upon you even if you're not really part of the game. That's what happened to me on Nov. 12, 2004.OK, so maybe...

Jerry West Reportedly Rejects Clippers GM Offer

Over the weekend, the Boston Globe offered up a report suggesting the Clippers could be looking to replace Mike Dunleavy as general manager this summer. In 2006, Dunleavy, you may remember, signed a fat extension that pays him more than $5 million a year and runs through 2011. Either way, Clippers owner Donald Sterling is...

Pete Newell Dies at Age 93

You may not know what he looks like, who he was and why people felt he was special enough to teach them but Pete Newell was one of the best coaches college basketball has ever seen.Newell died yesterday at the age on 93.Newell was a legend and held the respect and admiration of the game's other legends. Newell coached for...

On Jerry West's Odd Reappearance in L.A.

In the immediate aftermath of the Lakers' series-clinching victory, Laker great Jerry West got on the mic to spread Christmas joy and regale Kobe with compliments (as pictured to the right). Again, West is a Laker great. He was the architect of the last 200 Lakers teams which made it to the Finals. He looks unequivocally...

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05/28/12 Today in History, May 28, 2012 Source: The Progress-Index - Petersburg VA Today is Monday, May 28, the 149th day of 2012.
05/24/12 West: Lakers not 'dead' but not one of best Source: ESPN Jerry West knows the look of a championship team when he sees one and the Los Angeles Lakers don't currently fit the bill in West's eyes.
05/22/12 Warriors Commit to San Francisco Source: NBC - NBC 11 - San Francisco CA The Warriors' press conference Tuesday in San Francisco was more about appearance than details.
05/22/12 Jon Teitel's "Coaching Greats": Bucknell's Charlie... Source: CollegeHoops.net In the latest installment in his "Coaching Greats" series CHN writer Jon Teitel spent some time with former Bucknell and William & Mary head coach Charlie Woollum.
05/21/12 Ex-Laker Bob Boozer dies at 75; teamed with Jerry West... Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA Bob Boozer , a former Laker and U.S. Olympic teammate of Jerry West , died Saturday due to a brain aneurysm.