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Mailman Delivers on Hall of Fame Speech, Pippen as Well

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Karl Malone vowed he wasn't going to cry. It was one of the few times in basketball the Mailman wasn't able to deliver. "I said two things," Malone had said Friday hours before his evening induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame. "I don't want to talk long and I don't want to cry. So I'm leaving...

You Don't Have to Have Game to Get Into Basketball Hall of Fame

The list is as long as Michael Jordan's rambling, insulting and embarrassing speech (or whatever that was) last September in Springfield, Mass. Still, there is the worst when it comes to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, and the worst is the timing of its induction ceremony. It occurs every year after the more...

Pippen, Malone, and Dream Team Headline 2010 Hall of Fame Class

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen and two of the best U.S. Olympic teams were selected on Monday as part of the 2010 induction class for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. "This is a great moment. This is something that I never dreamed would happen to me as a player," Pippen said. "This is very...

Report: Dennis Johnson Elected to Hall of Fame

The 2010 inductees to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame will be announced Monday evening, with Jazz great Karl Malone and star small forward Scottie Pippen surely leading the way. But one other name -- that of champion Sonics and Celtics guard Dennis Johnson -- has drawn high interest in recent years. Unfortunately,...

Random YouTube Magic: Ainge and DJ Take It Above the Rim

Basketbawful turned up this lovable Reebok ad from 1987. It's got Danny Ainge and the late Dennis Johnson squaring off in a game of one-on-one. The whole thing is shot like they're not really playing, or at least can't get from one place to another like NBA players do. Like it's a basketball scene in a comedy. Also, this...

dennis johnson News From the Web

05/30/12 Update on Mulberry Point Water Project Source: Guilford Courier - Guilford CT After nearly two years of research, a study to address the environment and the economic feasibility of providing clean water to the Mulberry Point, Tuttles Point, and Indian Cove neighborhoods is complete and the verdict, extending public water services, will go back to the property owners-with a price tag-later this summer.
05/29/12 Out of the Past: Week of May 30, 2012 Source: Williams News - Williams AZ Mrs. Mary Platten, Mrs. Ivan Wilson and the Misses Bryce Bowdon, Charlotte Anne and Harriet Wilson returned on Monday from a visit to the North Side. Points of tourist interest that attract visitors to Williams have been singled out for mention in the new 1962 edition of the Mobil Travel Guide.
05/29/12 A day to remember Source: The Duncan Banner - Duncan OK The Stephens County Honor Guard made its rounds Monday to three area cemeteries in honor of Memorial Day. The Honor Guard started its day in Fairlawn Cemetery in Comanche, before moving to Duncan Cemetery in Duncan, and then to the Rush Springs Cemetery.
05/23/12 New In Paperback May 21-27 Source: NPR Denis Johnson's striking short novel, Train Dreams , was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in a year when nobody won.
05/14/12 Fire crews extinguish 12 small fires along railroad... Source: Idaho Statesman - Boise ID A train apparently caused 12 small grass fires along the railroad tracks Monday afternoon near Cloverdale Road near Kuna. Kuna fire crews were called to the area just after 1 p.m. The largest fire was roughly an acre, said Kuna Fire Chief Dennis Johnson.

Background on dennis johnson

Dennis Wayne Johnson (September 18, 1954 – February 22, 2007) nicknamed "DJ", was an American, professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns and Boston Celtics and coach of the Los Angeles Clippers.

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