Blak4rest » Blasts From The Past http://blak4rest.com Sports Commentary, Media and Vegas Mon, 21 May 2012 20:54:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 ‘Elgin Was A God Around Here’ http://blak4rest.com/2012/05/elgin-was-a-god-around-here/ http://blak4rest.com/2012/05/elgin-was-a-god-around-here/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 19:55:25 +0000 Forrest Lee http://blak4rest.com/?p=26958

    It’s a good piece on Elgin Baylor, mostly about the former Laker great and how he put D.C. on the hoops map, and Wilt meeting on the playground, but the “Kappa Alpha Si” mars it. A good copy editor like me would have caught that, he said humbly.
    Grantland

    ]]> http://blak4rest.com/2012/05/elgin-was-a-god-around-here/feed/ 0 Blast From The Past: Willie Wise http://blak4rest.com/2012/03/blast-from-the-past-willie-wise/ http://blak4rest.com/2012/03/blast-from-the-past-willie-wise/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:02:02 +0000 Forrest Lee http://blak4rest.com/?p=25969

      Many of you youngsters have no clue who Willie Wise is. But some of us old heads remember dude balling with Drake in the late ’60s, when the Bulldogs almost shocked the world and beat unbeatable Lew Alcindor and UCLA in the NCAA Tournament. Wise also played in the colorful ABA, including a season with the Los Angeles Stars, before retiring after the 75-76 season and hitting the road as a truck driver.
      Rob Trucks catches up with him.
      Deadspin

      ]]> http://blak4rest.com/2012/03/blast-from-the-past-willie-wise/feed/ 0 Blast From The Past: World B. Free http://blak4rest.com/2012/02/blast-from-the-past-world-b-free/ http://blak4rest.com/2012/02/blast-from-the-past-world-b-free/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:11:17 +0000 Forrest Lee http://blak4rest.com/?p=25265

        You think Ron Artest took a page out of the playbook of Lloyd Bernard Free when he changed his name?
        Lord knows Artest could never fill it up like Free, who made his name in Philly as a scoring machine.
        Free, who now works with the 76ers as a community ambassador, was the last Clipper to start an All-Star game. Imagine that. That’s been more than 30 years ago since Free lit up the opposition as an All-Star guard for the San Diego Clippers.
        L.A. Times

        ]]> http://blak4rest.com/2012/02/blast-from-the-past-world-b-free/feed/ 0 Rebel With A Cause http://blak4rest.com/2012/01/rebel-with-a-cause/ http://blak4rest.com/2012/01/rebel-with-a-cause/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:19:32 +0000 Forrest Lee http://blak4rest.com/?p=25127

        Stacey Augmon, the former UNLV great, returned to the Vegas campus as an assistant coach this season under Dave Rice. The Rebels are off to an 18-3 start, including a win over North Carolina.
        Augmon, who had been an assistant to George Karl with the Nuggets, had been divorced from the program for 20 years before returning. The current crop of Rebels are benefitting from his knowledge.
        N.Y. Times

        ]]>         http://blak4rest.com/2012/01/rebel-with-a-cause/feed/ 0         Another Reason He’s G.O.A.T. http://blak4rest.com/2012/01/another-reason-hes-g-o-a-t/ http://blak4rest.com/2012/01/another-reason-hes-g-o-a-t/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:33:36 +0000 Forrest Lee http://blak4rest.com/?p=24767

        Not sure what’s up with that right hand.
        Forty years ago, the Lakers won 33 in a row. It’s 1 of the greatest streaks of all time and another reason why Wilt also was the greatest of all time.
        NBA.com

        ]]>         http://blak4rest.com/2012/01/another-reason-hes-g-o-a-t/feed/ 0         Blast From The Past http://blak4rest.com/2011/12/blast-from-the-past-john-carlos/ http://blak4rest.com/2011/12/blast-from-the-past-john-carlos/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:07:03 +0000 Forrest Lee http://blak4rest.com/?p=24118

          The track and field legend talks about his new book and how the 1968 Olympics changed his life.
          ESPN.com

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            He should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but the history of sports, particularly the NFL, has a shameful past. Kenny Washington is more than a page of that shameful history.
            L.A. Times

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            No runner ran harder than former USC tailback Ricky Bell. And no running back carried more of a load that Bell, who once totted the rock 51 times for 347 yards against Washington State in 1976.
            Unfortunately, life can be cruel. Bell left us much too early at the age of 29.
            ESPN LA

            ]]>             http://blak4rest.com/2011/09/blast-from-the-past-ricky-bell/feed/ 0             Blast From The Past: George McGinnis http://blak4rest.com/2011/03/blast-from-the-past-george-mcginnis/ http://blak4rest.com/2011/03/blast-from-the-past-george-mcginnis/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:05:30 +0000 Forrest Lee http://blak4rest.com/?p=18506