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Comment on MINNESOTA vs. OHIO BRAWL, 1972 by Ivan

Ivan — Sat, 19 May 2012 08:21:53 +0000

Yeah I remember watching the game, i was about 14 years old and was a fan of Ohio state Basketball,in 1971 as a predominately young team led by Jim Clemons they won the Big 10 and got to the sweet 16 in the NCAA. In 1972 minus a graduated Clemons they were pick to win it again,and was leading the conference by a game over the Minnesota leading to that early showdown in Williams Arena. The buckeyes were leading by a deuce when Witte when’t up for that lay up. as said all hell broke out it was a stigmatic incident that put a damper on the Minnesota program, though not sanction wise.It destroyed the psyche and continuity of the Ohio State program in which they never recovered from! As I recall I believe Minneapolis when’t on to win the Big !0 that year. Racially motivated I don’t know but you have to remember not to far removed from Martin Luther Kings murder,the obliteration of the Black Panther party through violence; the Soldad Brothers incident intertwined with Angela Davis trump charges! The sports world would witness frustrations coming from all end in this may lay on a college campus…

Comment on MINNESOTA vs. OHIO BRAWL, 1972 by Mary Kuhnley

Mary Kuhnley — Sat, 19 May 2012 04:35:29 +0000

I went to the U of M at the time of this disgusting incident. I knew all of the offenders personally. Clyde, Corky, Ron & David Winfield, & his lovely Mother, Arlene. The behavior was unacceptable, to say the least. I am still embarrassed about how the whole situation was handled. Ron is 61 now & on probation for stealing from an elderly woman. David is in the Baseball Hall of Fame, he obviously was a great athlete, drafted, by the pros, in 3 sports! Lack of respectable coaching by Bill Musselman & overall attitude of disrespect for opposing teams surely contributed to the inappropriate behavior of the racially motivated immature players. It was a different time then, so much has changed, but still . . WRONG is WRONG!

Comment on BLACK BART SIMPSON by Leo Stiles

Leo Stiles — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:17:42 +0000

Dope!
Have put this up on the bootleg bart page, got anymore finds add em up there.
Peace

Comment on The First Point by isaiah daniels

isaiah daniels — Fri, 11 May 2012 12:28:27 +0000

green lips

Comment on BASKETBALL IN IRAQ by Layla

Layla — Tue, 08 May 2012 03:59:46 +0000

Thank you for the picture Jake! Much appreciated. He is attending the London Olympics this year, in a couple months. I hope it is a great experience for him.

Comment on BASKETBALL IN IRAQ by Jake

Jake — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:59:58 +0000

Hi Layla, that is so cool, thanks for getting in touch! I will email you what I have.

Comment on BASKETBALL IN IRAQ by Layla

Layla — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:56:07 +0000

Is there any way I could get a good copy of the picture you have posted in this article on the Iraqi olympic basketball team? One of those individuals is my dad and I don’t have that picture!

Comment on MINNESOTA vs. OHIO BRAWL, 1972 by Jimmie Crum

Jimmie Crum — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:18:03 +0000

May ‘The Barn’ be burned down for this atrocity. Dave Winfield may he rot in hell for beating a prone Mark Wagger numerous times. Jim Brewer should issue a public apology to all of Buckeye Nation as he was also a ‘racial’ culprit. Now, Ron Behagen stole thousands from an old lady with dementia (3/2012). Funny, how thugs repeat animalistic actions.
Why hasn’t anyone asked Dave Winfield some serious questions?? Why are we are chickenshits for letting the media sweep this under the rug.
Maybe we need a barnburner!!!

Comment on Jeff Koons’ Basketball Poster Switch-Up by Jake

Jake — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:48:11 +0000

Thanks dude!!!

The Secretary of Defense is none other than Bobby Jones, who won a chip with the Sixers in ’83, and according to Juius Erving, ran “like a deer.”

Comment on Jeff Koons’ Basketball Poster Switch-Up by stingy

stingy — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:38:25 +0000

who’s the secretary!?! thats such an awesome poster!

awesome to hear the costacos/koons story too! your blog is a pleasure as usual!

Comment on MINNESOTA vs. OHIO BRAWL, 1972 by Steve

Steve — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:13:24 +0000

As an avid Gopher fan at the tme-I was ashamed. We sank to the lowest depths-but we got who we recruited-Behagen, Brewer, Taylor-and to a lesser extent Winfield. All had tough backgrounds and all were given chances by an equally questionable Musselman.

Comment on MINNESOTA vs. OHIO BRAWL, 1972 by Steve

Steve — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:50:11 +0000

I was at this game-sitting in the third row center court. It was a tough game-both teams were very good and playing hard-too hard and rough. The refs lost control of this game early on and several players-including Witte should have been ejected for their “dirty” play Saw many times when Witte “cleared” out the lane after a rebound by throwing an elbow to the head of a Gopher player-he was no saint. However, when Taylor kneed Witte in the groin after helping him up was way “out of bounds”. The stomping on Witte’s head/face by Behagen and Winfield’s sucker punching players during the onsuing melee was above the line- it should have marked them as questionable human beings-but this is the atmosphere that coach Musselman encouraged. I went to a Gopher Booster luncheon the next week and Winfield was there “in his eloquent” and self denial persona. At this point, I divorced myself from Gopher BB and lost all respect for the low class Dave Winfield.

Comment on KNICKS VS. SUNS BRAWL, 1993 by chris

chris — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:09:25 +0000

http://ninetiesnba.blogspot.com/

The 90s ball is far more superior than the ball of today. You watch NBA Finals today and you yawn out of boredom. You used to watch an indifferent regular reason game in the 90s and you would be excited either due to spectacle or due to adrenalin.