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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Lew you mean? Or Cassius?

I remember when howard cossel refused to call him Muhammed Ali- and remember the fight with Ernie Terrel- and screamed at him “What is my name?”

The media lost their minds over it, claiming that it was so unprofessional- I can’t imagine what the media back then woudl have thought of the massive unsportsmanship of today’s athletes?


25 posted on 06/12/2024 8:44:18 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Bob434

Lew you mean? Or Cassius?


Or Roger Murdock?


28 posted on 06/12/2024 8:45:37 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Bob434

In that instance I meant Lew Alcindor. My high school was in Brooklyn diocese, which did not play in the same league as Power Memorial in Manhattan. We did play Power Memorial in an exhibition game after he left. They had a pair of twins, about 6’ 6’, (white guys) who could reverse tomahawk, but we beat them. We lost to Holy Cross by one point in a one-game tie breaker for Brooklyn championship, otherwise we would have played Power for the city championship. We had a really good team that year.


29 posted on 06/12/2024 8:49:20 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (לעזאזל עם חמאס)
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