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Original Knick Ossie Schectman Recalls Scoring NBA's First Points
Jan 22nd 2010 – 4:30AM
In 1988, Ossie Schectman, then a mere 68, picked up the phone at his Florida home. On the line was somebody from the NBA. Schectman wondered what the call was about. He had played one season for the New York Knickerbockers in 1946-47 in the Basketball Association of America, which would become the NBA. But it wasn't as if...
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Sonya Denyse: 650 Miles -- The Legacy of Ossie Davis
Feb 07th 2012 - 01:16PM
It takes about 8 days and 19 hours according to Google maps (beta).
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Google to give $1.25 Million to the Nelson Mandela Foundation
Mar 08th 2011 - 06:25PM
Coretta Scott King and Dr. Martin Luther King were a powerful force in the fight for equal opportunity in America.
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The Urban Daily on Black History Month: Remembering Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee (Video)
Feb 16th 2011 - 02:25PM
In this Moviefone exclusive courtesy of TheUrbanDaily.com , actor and comedian Anthony Anderson ('Transformers') shares his earliest memories of the late Ossie Davis and his iconic widow Ruby Dee. One of the most recognized couples in Hollywood, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee met in 1946 while performing in the Broadway drama...
Background on Ossie Schectman
Oscar B. "Ossie" Schectman (born May 30, 1919) is a retired American professional basketball player. He is credited with having scored the very first basket in the National Basketball Association (NBA), at that time the Basketball Association of America.
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