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...triple-overtime thiller, speculation began that Garnett, who's missed the entire series with a knee injury, would attempt a Willis-Reed like comeback Saturday night. "I'm not planning on him the rest of the season," Ainge told the paper. . Comments are...
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Chicago Tribune
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Last Thursday, Celtics coach Doc Rivers said Kevin Garnett was done for the season because of a right knee strain. An NBA source said Garnett has decided to hold off on bone spur surgery to see if he can make one last-ditch effort at playing in the
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FanNation
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Willis Reed type entrance please!
*Video removed by user* KG out of youtube also.
Hatin’
New link found through the Adidas Basketball youtube page:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X358MRPdl_c
All black for the Heat is more menacing.
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211 comments so far...
There goes the repeat
Sweet jesus this is horrible news..........
Say it aint so
Nice season while it lasted. See you next year guys.
Are you kidding me? They've been tugging us along this whole time about Garnett's knee. First
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A NBA video called "The 2009 NBA Playoffs Have Arrived" showing many great players of the present and past NBA. ... NBA basketball The 2009 Playoffs Have Arrived Lebron James Kevin Garnett Kobe Bryant Allen Iverson Scottie Pippen Dwyane Wade Chris Paul Reggie Miller Michael Jordan Nike Bosh Isiah Thomas Willis Reed dunk last second shot game winner shaq oneal 2008
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During a brief coaching run, Willis Reed campaigned publicly for the Knicks to sign The Human Eraser, as Webster was known, when he became a free agent. Reed, a great believer in post defense for obvious reasons, got his man at what was then a
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
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...McGahee 77 yard TD run against Dallas. They stacked all 11 men in the box, and 3 seconds later, there was no one behind Willis. 3. Ed Reed 108 yard interception for TD against the Eagles. Kevin Kolb, Lol. All I saw was him doing it on MNF against cleveless...
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Baltimore Beatdown
http://www.baltimorebeatdown.com/2009/4/9/828300/top-ten-ravens-plays-of-2008
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Marvin Webster, known to Knicks fans in the 1980's as the "Human Eraser" for his shot-blocking prowess, died on Saturday in a Tulsa hotel. He was 56.
Webster, a 7-1 center, was a Knick for eight seasons, from 1979 through the early part of the 1986
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New York Daily News
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It was Legends Night, and the Knicks dutifully trotted out the old favorites: the hard-driving Richie Guerin, captain Willis Reed, Walt Clyde Frazier in his black leather suit, Bernard King, and the great Patrick Ewingone star from each decade of the
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New York Magazine
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Knicks President of Basketball Operations Donnie Walsh announced the Knicks Legends Awards with the goal of reuniting the rich history of the franchise with the present-day roster and fans.
He succeeded and then some!
From the standpoint of the
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NBA.com
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1970 NBA Finals Game 5 Classic NBA Game between the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Lakers In Game 5 at the Garden, the Knicks' worst fear came true: eight minutes into the game, Willis Reed fell down hard while trying to make a shot. Reed eventually got up on his own, but a leg injury forced him to leave the game. Late in the game, the Lakers led by as many as 16 points, but a scrambling defense and sheer determination to "win one for the captain" helped New York stage a remarkable comeback ...
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If youre looking for Knicks legends Willis Reed or Patrick Ewing to give himself an endorsement as the greatest center to wear the blue and orange, you will likely hear a back-and-forth argument about why the other should hold that honor.
It would
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Cherish the past, forget the present.
On some level, Rafer Alston must dread coming back to New York.
It’s not the pressures of playing in front of friends and family—Skip has been doing that for a long time now, both at the Garden and before that on
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SLAM Online
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Alan Hahn of Newsday: “No, the Knicks don’t have a storied history like the Celtics or Lakers, but they do have a legacy that, for some reason, just never seemed to translate outside of the 1970 and ‘73 championship teams, which fewer and fewer of the
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Dwight Howard rejects Al Harrington's shot and any chance the Knicks have of winning before a cast of greats.
The present has been looking like something straight out of the Isiah Thomas nightmare years, so the Knicks did the wise thing Monday night
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New York Daily News
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NEW YORK - It has been about the future for the Knicks ever since Donnie Walsh walked in the door last April and started talking about clearing salary-cap space and the summer of 2010 and a free-agent class that, oh by the way, includes LeBron James
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LoHud.com
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NEW YORK - It has been about the future for the Knicks ever since Donnie Walsh walked in the door last April and started talking about clearing salary-cap space and the summer of 2010 and a free-agent class that, oh by the way, includes LeBron James
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LoHud.com
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NEW YORK — On a night when the Knicks observed their history by honoring their legends, Mike D’Antoni’s current edition couldn’t prevent another piece of the franchise’s recent negative history from sullying the evening.
Monday’s 106-102 loss to
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FOUNDED in 1946, the Knickerbockers will honor the glory of past decades tonight in an elaborate halftime ceremony and ignore this decade. It's better that way. There isn't much to honor about the current decade. There's a dark piece of irony to
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New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/seven/03232009/sports/knicks/ny_to_honor_its_past_greats_while_ignori_160899.htm
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NEW YORK -- The New York Knicks have been so bad for so long, even their own players apparently didn't realize their team was once among the NBA's best.
"David Lee came to me one day," Walt Frazier said. "He goes, 'Did you have 36 points and 19
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ESPN
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Tyler Koch nearly pulled out a Willis Reed moment Saturday afternoon.
His ankle injury and subsequent limp to the locker room left the Winchester crowd dead silent in the opening minutes of the Class 2A Southport Semistate.
Nine
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The Star-Press | Muncie, IN
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Long before Walt Frazier was a dishin' and swishin' TV analyst or the slick-shooting guard who led the Knicks to two titles with his guile and style, he was a nervous 22-year-old out of Southern Illinois University, tasting New York for the first time.
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New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/seven/03222009/sports/knicks/clyde__legends_get_their_night_160707.htm
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In a long-overdue ceremony, the Knicks will hold a special Legends Night March 23, honoring their top players from past decades. The Knicks face the Magic, whose assistant coach is Patrick Ewing. Ewing will be among the honorees as their designated
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The Sports Hernia Blog
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Add NASCAR driver Martin Truex Jr. to the list of athletes who have relied on adrenaline to play over pain.
Two of the most fabled examples are Willis Reed hobbling out of the locker room to inspire the New York Knicks to victory in Game 7 of the 1970
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ALBANY — Kenny Hasbrouck, who left Siena’s 80-65 victory over Fairfield with a calf injury, was in significant pain later Sunday night but hopes to play in Monday’s championship game.
“I’m going on the floor unless I can’t walk,” Hasbrouck said.
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Albany Times-Union
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Willis Reed, one of the 50 greatest players of all time, at the Ritz-Carlton in Shanghai.
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Records: Roman is 17-7 with a four-game winning streak. N-G is 22-2 with an 11-game winning streak.
Previous meeting: None, much to everyone's disappointment/disgust. Roman (Red) and N-G (Blue) found themselves in different divisions due to CL
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Philly.com
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PORT ST. LUCIE - The subject was the most important left knee on the Mets' roster, and manger Jerry Manuel wanted to stop the hyperbole before it started spilling out of the conference room at Tradition Field, before the legend of Johan Santana made
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New York Post
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The 58th National Basketball Association All-Star Game will take center stage at 7 p.m. CST Sunday, Feb. 15, at the U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix, Ariz. and be telecast live on TNT.
If you ask NBA players and coaches for their favorite All-Star
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NBA.com
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3D views of the adidas pro model willis reed. New York Knicks record breaking season of 1970.
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Out of nowhere, Willis Reed scores the Wheaties box cover.
When Willis Reed emerged from the Madison Square Garden locker room on one leg to effectively intimidate the Lakers and inspire his teammates to win the first of the Knicks only two World
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LeBron trips the dub fantastic. Or something.
Let it be known right here that I called it. Roughly 45 minutes before tip-off, I uttered the words “50-point triple-double” and “LeBron James” in an order that implied one would get the other. ESPN’s Chris
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SLAM Online
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Shaun White, the Olympic and Winter X Games champion snowboarder, is leaving the mountains for Manhattan, competing on a nine-story ramp with the city skyline as the backdrop.
The competition, Red Bull Snowscrapers, will take place at a park on the
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San Francisco Chronicle
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When General Mills' Wheaties cereal brand formally unveiled its latest box design featuring a likeness of NBA Hall of Famer Willis Reed at an event at New York's NBA store on Wednesday, none other than the former Knicks player himself stepped up
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MediaPost.com
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NEW YORK -- Wheaties, "The Breakfast of Champions," on Wednesday honored legendary NBA champion Willis Reed with a new limited-edition package. The new Wheaties package, unveiled at a press conference in the NBA Store in New York City, continues the
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...sports legends have shared this experience, and I'm proud to be part of that team." "We're thrilled to welcome Willis Reed into the Wheaties family," said Matt Beliveau of Wheaties Marketing. "He is a true champion, on and off the court, and we're excited...
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Memorabilia, Cubs, all 3 years of the Allen & Ginter Mini Sets, and Torry Holt #'ed patch cards. After watching this video...I hope you can see he is the type of guy you should want to trade with!! Thanks again Doug! I owe you man! Thanks for watching everyone! (Please watch Part 2...uploading now!) ... mailday mail day am3r1canaD0UG ridiculous package yankees giants knicks willis reed autograph so much stuff I..could barely fit it..all into ten minutes jdewitt9 weaver505 pdazzle1010 ...
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February 2
1971 -- Willis Reed ties Harry Gallatins franchise record with 33 rebounds in a 115-108 victory over Cincinnati. He adds 27 points to go with the 33 boards.
1993 -- 17,302 fans see the Knicks defeat Washington 105-100. The below-capacity
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NBA.com
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See Willis run. And jump. And fetch.
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When Cornelius Ingram injured his ACL in preseason, everyone thought the man from Hawthorne was done for the season. But, CI has made a tremendous recovery and will be wearing a uniform Thursday. The question is; will be also be in pads? Well, that is
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Alligator Army
http://www.alligatorarmy.com/2009/1/7/711120/they-report-you-decide-is
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Meyer said that did not strike him until wide receiver Louis Murphy and a handful of players went through senior tackle day Tuesday at the end of the final full-scale practice for Thursday night's national championship game.
"One thing I didn't
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Gainesville Sun
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090106/news/901060931
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Of course, D'Antoni is really not working with superior personnel at the moment, and the Bucks just took them apart root and branch last night, so this unit is not a good test of my theory. Anyway, tremendous win for the Green and Red last night, and I
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Sports Blogs
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Who would you rather hang out with, Jerry Garcia or Michael Jordan, and why? Renato Rodriguez, Portland, OR
Over the years, I've attended dozens of concerts that featured Garcia the Grateful Dead, the Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in the Way and the
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FOX Sports
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Jerry Sloan's committed coaching style is one of the NBA's few constants over the past 20 years.
Twenty years? Jerry Sloan worried he wouldn't last even 20 days.
He took over the conductor's baton of the Utah Jazz from the popular Frank Layden on Dec.
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ESPN
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Urban Meyer, either because he really doesn't know or he's showing a poker face (probably the latter), has not said anything conclusive about Harvin's status Saturday. With Chris Rainey nursing a sore groin from one of the two ways you can injure your
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Alligator Army
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The lack of bodies, though, has been something of a problem for the Raptors. On Saturday, only nine Raptors were healthy enough to take part in practice.
"I think it's only difficult to the fact that we can't scrimmage as much as we would like to,"
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National Post
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But while that critical fundamental rule was accepted by the likes of Frazier, Earl Monroe and Willis Reed (along with a voracious dedication to defense), it is not as easy for today's players, especially those who spent most of their careers as focal-
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New York Newsday
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It would be questionable at best for most players to resume their career after a hit like Anquan Boldin sustained against the Jets let alone return two weeks later. As we’ve seen though Anquan Boldin is nothing like most players.
Most people believe
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