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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: auerbach; basketball; nba; obituary; redauerbach
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RIP.
1 posted on 10/28/2006 6:10:58 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Loved the Lakers. Loved Auerbach, too.

God be with him and his loved ones.


2 posted on 10/28/2006 6:12:30 PM PDT by IslandJeff (Lynne Cheney 2008)
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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.
3 posted on 10/28/2006 6:14:38 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

An iconic figure for sure. If I smoked cigars, I'd fire one up in Red's honor.


4 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.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

The 28th pick of 35 named.


5 posted on 10/28/2006 6:16:50 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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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.


6 posted on 10/28/2006 6:17:48 PM PDT by cloud8
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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.
7 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))
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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.

8 posted on 10/28/2006 6:17:51 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (Meep Meep)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Absolutely. I'm sure the Celtics will give him quite the tribute before their home opener.


9 posted on 10/28/2006 6:20:10 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Red is lighting up a victory cigar in Heaven.


10 posted on 10/28/2006 6:20:48 PM PDT by TommyDale (Iran President Ahmadinejad is shorter than Tom Daschle!)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Red,
Rest in peace.


11 posted on 10/28/2006 6:22:01 PM PDT by gate2wire (Please Lord, look after 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
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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.


12 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!)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Godspeed, Red. If there's basketball in heaven, he'll be coaching tomorrow.


13 posted on 10/28/2006 6:25:47 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh
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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......."

14 posted on 10/28/2006 6:26:25 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (FEAR THE SWEATERVEST!!!)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

And his mother wanted him to become a "professional"!


15 posted on 10/28/2006 6:26:53 PM PDT by kenavi (Save romance. Stop teen sex.)
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To: NonValueAdded
I sometimes imagine what it would have been like having him and Reggie Lewis battling MJ's Bulls in the 90's.
16 posted on 10/28/2006 6:26:55 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

OMG this just broke off the wires

Threesome today Joe Nieko
Tredovik Brodrick


17 posted on 10/28/2006 6:27:39 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("Step aside Jefe"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

A true legend. RIP.


18 posted on 10/28/2006 6:27:39 PM PDT by Generic_Login_1787
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

If I could, I'd light one up in Red's honor tonight....


19 posted on 10/28/2006 6:27:56 PM PDT by mhking (I make my livin' on the evening news....)
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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.


20 posted on 10/28/2006 6:30:29 PM PDT by torchthemummy (Abortion: One Dead, One Wounded)
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