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...point lead over the Detroit Pistons, "so the pressure wouldn't be so great." When No. 24 quickly swished an eight-foot jump shot, the crowd went wild-and kept on cheering, even though Bradley got off some amateurish passes and showed obvious rustiness at the foul line, making only two of six free throws. Next game, against the St. Louis Hawks, Bill looked sharper, sinking eight straight baskets. Then he blew everything in the final seconds with a clumsy jump shot that the Hawks recovered for a score themselves; that error cost the Knicks an overtime and eventually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: And You Too, Bill | 12/22/1967 | See Source »

...plays and engulf the backboards. But presumably on the theory that the less he scored, the better Philadelphia fared, Wilt hardly went for the basket at all. In his first 16 games, he averaged only 15 points. Against the Warriors last month he scored exactly one point-on a foul shot-and did not so much as attempt a field goal in the entire game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basketball: Shoot, Wilt | 12/22/1967 | See Source »

...owes at least a part of his success to his lust for anti-establishment humor. When the Avatar was banned in Cambridge for obscenity, its next issue contained a purposely filthy editorial, loaded with all the foul language the writer could muster. Uncle T promptly asked Avatar's editors to visit his show, and they conducted a reading of the article--with T inserting a whistled be-boop for every fourletter word...

Author: By Parker Donham, | Title: Uncle T's Freedom Machine Gives Boston Radio a 20,000 Watt Jolt | 12/15/1967 | See Source »

Navy's Steve Kaplan put in two pressure foul shots, but almost immediately, Royer threw in a 25-footer. Navy stalled effectively for 25 seconds before Norlander fouled Navy's Kroll, who missed the shot...

Author: By Andrew Jamison, | Title: Track Team Humbles Army, 68-40 | 12/11/1967 | See Source »

Johnson immediately chopped Kroll--the right man to foul. He had to miss. But the shot went up, around...

Author: By Andrew Jamison, | Title: Track Team Humbles Army, 68-40 | 12/11/1967 | See Source »

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