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A Star in Two Worlds, Tisdale Gets His Due in One

By David SteeleNov 25th 2009 – 5:05PM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The respect the basketball world had for Wayman Tisdale as a player was so enduring, Bill Wall, the former executive director of USA Basketball, once asked him to play for the U.S. in the next Paralympic Games -- this, after Wall's fellow National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductee had part of...

Wayman Tisdale, Dead at 44

By Tom ZillerMay 15th 2009 – 12:03PM

Wayman Tisdale has spent the past several years fighting bone cancer. He broke his leg twice within one year after a 20-year college and pro basketball career in which he'd never suffered worse than a sprained ankle. When doctors discovered cancerous cells in his leg and a mass program of chemotherapy didn't work,...

NBA Essentials: The Evolution of Tim Duncan

By Matt WatsonDec 4th 2008 – 5:51PM

NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day.1. Project Spurs, via BallerBlogger. Tim Duncan is stoic, his style is timeless ... and yet he's slowly changing. 2. Brian Windhorst. Better chemistry through bathing. 3. The Good Point. An open letter to Greg Oden's neck beard. (Yes, you read that correctly.) 4....

Background on Wayman Tisdale

Wayman Lawrence Tisdale (June 9, 1964 – May 15, 2009) was an American professional basketball player in the NBA and a smooth jazz bass guitarist.

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