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Passing of a Celtics legend
Boston Globe ^
| October 28, 2006
| Peter May
Posted on 10/28/2006 6:10:57 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Arnold Red Auerbach, named the greatest coach in the history of the National Basketball Association and, for more than half a century, the combative, competitive and occasionally abrasive personification of pro basketballs greatest dynasty, the Boston Celtics, has died at age 89.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: auerbach; basketball; nba; obituary; redauerbach
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RIP.
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Loved the Lakers. Loved Auerbach, too.
God be with him and his loved ones.
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:12:30 PM PDT
by
IslandJeff
(Lynne Cheney 2008)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Red and his cigars are gone.Very sad,indeed.Looks like Howie Carr will have to have another death pool because somebody took Red in the last one.
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:14:38 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
An iconic figure for sure. If I smoked cigars, I'd fire one up in Red's honor.
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:15:00 PM PDT
by
southernnorthcarolina
(Some people are like Slinkies: totally useless, but fun to throw down a stair.)
To: Gay State Conservative
The 28th pick of 35 named.
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
A moment of silence.
Went to a Celts game in the Garden in the 70s...got to see him light up his cigar.
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:17:48 PM PDT
by
cloud8
To: southernnorthcarolina
That's a shame.
Odd, but there seems to have been many, too many, famous figures pass in the last two weeks pr so.
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:17:48 PM PDT
by
K-oneTexas
(I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
To: southernnorthcarolina
An iconic figure for sure.
Definitely...if a non-roundball fan such as I can immediately recognize his name and achievements, he was an icon.
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:17:51 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Meep Meep)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Absolutely. I'm sure the Celtics will give him quite the tribute before their home opener.
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Red is lighting up a victory cigar in Heaven.
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:20:48 PM PDT
by
TommyDale
(Iran President Ahmadinejad is shorter than Tom Daschle!)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:22:01 PM PDT
by
gate2wire
(Please Lord, look after 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Wow! RIP, Red, and thanks for the many wonderful Celtics memories. I wonder what red is going to say now to Len Bias on that big parquet court in the sky.
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:22:18 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Prayers for our patriot brother, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub. Brian, we're all pulling for you!)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Godspeed, Red. If there's basketball in heaven, he'll be coaching tomorrow.
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan; Carling; Fast Ed97; Flavius Josephus; gopwinsin04; GOPRaleigh; GreatOne; ..
Jim Rome ping
FReepmail me to get on or off this Jim Rome pinglist....
"Have a take, don't suck or you'll get run......."
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:26:25 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(FEAR THE SWEATERVEST!!!)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
And his mother wanted him to become a "professional"!
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:26:53 PM PDT
by
kenavi
(Save romance. Stop teen sex.)
To: NonValueAdded
I sometimes imagine what it would have been like having him and Reggie Lewis battling MJ's Bulls in the 90's.
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
OMG this just broke off the wires
Threesome today Joe Nieko
Tredovik Brodrick
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:27:39 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("Step aside Jefe"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
If I could, I'd light one up in Red's honor tonight....
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:27:56 PM PDT
by
mhking
(I make my livin' on the evening news....)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
No matter what one may have thought of the guy (I loved him) nobody can deny that he "got it done" as good as any coach/manager in sporting history. His record proves it.
Truly an American Icon. RIP.
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:30:29 PM PDT
by
torchthemummy
(Abortion: One Dead, One Wounded)
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