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The Dugout: No Play For Mister Incredibly Tall

If Major League Baseball is the critically acclaimed AMC scripted drama "Mad Men" (and it is), Randy Johnson is the Jimmy Barrett, a guy who isn't around anymore but is fondly remembered for stuffing Utz potato chips in his face like a nut and killing a bird with a fastball. In this analogy, the dead bird is the sanctity...

Walt Frazier: If Wilt Chamberlain Was Playing Today, He'd Average 75 a Game

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Hall of Fame basketball star Walt Frazier starred in the NBA for 13 years, winning two NBA titles and earning seven All-Star selections while playing for New York and Cleveland. FanHouse...

'Clyde' Truly Stole the Show

Everybody knows about Willis Reed's famous stiff-legged walk through the Madison Square Garden tunnel 40 years ago. While Reed provided the inspiration to the New York Knicks to get going that night, somebody had to finish the job. That somebody was Walt Frazier. And, with thanks to ESPN Classic and NBA TV, more people...

Willis Reed's Vintage Moment Turns 40

Turns out the fans had a bit of a warm-up before The Captain came out. It was May 8, 1970, Game 7 of the NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Would Knicks star center Willis Reed, who had suffered a serious leg injury in Game 5, be able to make the opening...

Hapless on the Hudson: Nets, Knicks and Nate All Going the Wrong Way

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Desperation oozed from every pore. If New York-area basketball hasn't reached its nadir, it's only because the NBA has a silly rule that some team must win. Otherwise, who knows how low this charade might go? The players might be the ones slipping paper bags over their heads, to match the fans'...

Walt Frazier News From the Web

05/09/12 The Essence of Walt Frazier, Captured on Twitter Source: International Herald Tribune "What keeps me going is a lot of times it's the only source of fun during a Knicks game," Brill said by telephone Tuesday.
05/02/12 Madison Square Garden has special allure and the... Source: The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL Chris Bosh has fond memories of his first appearance at Madison Square Garden.
05/01/12 I can see Clyde shaking his head Source: Scripting News I totally missed Walt Frazier's narration of the first game.
04/28/12 The 6th Floor Blog: Nine Things I Learned From Reading... Source: The New York Times - New York NY Let's first dispense with the question of whether I really read every one of the 55,000 words in this week's New Yorker.

Background on Walt Frazier

Walter "Clyde" Frazier (born March 29, 1945, in Atlanta, Georgia) is a retired American basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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