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It was 1956 and Bob Cousy had had enough and Red Auerbach, the Head Coach and General Manager of the Boston Celtics, had gotten on his last nerve. Losing in the Semi-Finals or Finals of the NBA’s Eastern Division for 6 straight years also wasn’t sitting well with him and it was time for a change. Cousy arranged a meeting with majority owner Walter A. Brown, and minority owner Lou Pieri was also in attendance, during which Bob demanded to either be traded or for Auerbach to be fired. His demand was rejected and he ended up honoring his contract....

DURHAM -- Duke All-American basketball player J.J. Redick was arrested Monday night on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol. Officers had a license checkpoint station set up in Durham Monday night at South LaSalle Street and Kangaroo Drive, near Duke Manor. Shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday, officers said a 2005 Toyota SUV approached the checkpoint and then the driver made an illegal U-turn away from the checkpoint. A police officer followed the Toyota, which then turned into the parking lot of the Belmont Apartments on McQueen Drive. The driver that got out of the vehicle was J.J. Redick....

Pardon my asking , but why is ESPN conducting this poll in the first place ? I'm in Japan , and don't keep up on such things , so pardon my ignorance if Redick possesses some negative qualities I've been happily unaware of . Is he an arrogant , loud-mouthed , overly cocky gutter rat or what ????

To print: Select File and then Print from your browser's menu. This story was printed from Diamondback Online. Site URL: http://www.diamondbackonline.com. And the shots keep coming...Terp fans’ most hated opponent makes his final College Park face off By Brendan Lowe February 10, 2006 ROANOKE, Va. – A Duke University student from the backcountry, a basketball player who practices pilates and poetry, a white guy with an affinity for tattoos and Tupac Shakur. During the past four years, Duke senior guard J.J. Redick has proven stereotypes stick to him as well as defenders. As the instigator of the Maryland-Duke rivalry...