Word: balled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...time called for tricky engineering. A second charge of solid propellant to restart the turbopump was comparatively simple. But since the rocket would be fired while in orbit, when everything on a satellite is weightless, the fuel might be anywhere in the partly empty tanks-perhaps gathered in a ball in the center. To coax it into a position where the pumps could get hold of it, two small, solid-fuel rockets are fired, giving the main rocket a slight forward push. The fuel responds momentarily as if to gravitation, settles to the rear of the tanks and is duly...
Last week, as New York's Carl Braun launched a routine pass at a forward, Rodgers darted out of nowhere, got his hands on the ball, and the Warriors' blis tering fast break was on. Dribbling faster than most Knicks could run, Rodgers had the defenders scrambling in on him as he drove for the basket and faked a shot. But, in midair, he flipped a pass behind his back to Teammate Tom Gola, who was so wide open that he merely stuffed down the basket. Minutes later, Rodgers scooped up a free ball with the smooth motion...
...best. Rodgers is a marvel of balance and bounce who can dribble behind his back at full tilt, delicately dissect opponents' defenses with pinpoint passes. Weighing a compact 188 Ibs., Rodgers is so superbly coordinated that he often does not bother to catch a pass, instead taps the ball to the floor to start his dribble. In just his second year as a pro, Rodgers is second in assists-per-game only to Boston's incomparable Bob Cousy, who is also one of the game's small...
...Warriors, Rodgers regularly holds lonely practice sessions to perfect his passing techniques. "I'll put a chair in a certain place," he says, "and pretend it's Bill Russell of the Celtics, and that I'll have to fake him a little to get the ball to Wilt. I dribble at the chair like it's Russell. I can practically see him faked out, and I aim high for Wilt...
...second Cousy." His set shot is still no match for Cousy's, and he lacks the great man's supremely confident flair. But Cousy is seven years older. It seems only a matter of time before Philadelphia's Guy Rodgers becomes the game's finest ball handler, second to nobody...