(Maurice Cheeks and Georgia O'Keefe went there too, for the record.) Goodish had a cup of coffee with the Redskins and another brief tour in the CFL before he was discovered by Texas wrestling mogul Fritz Von Erich. He had successful runs though a few...

Abdul-Jabbar went on to play a key role in four additional championships through the '80s. Moses Malone brought a championship to the 1982-83 Philadelphia 76ers after being acquired from the Houston Rockets. The 76ers were a great team the year before...

Cooper. Bird had Kevin McHale and Dennis Johnson among others and still worked in Robert Parish and Cornbread Maxwell when he was winning titles in Beantown. The last championship team here in Philly was loaded with Moses Malone, Julius Erving and...

"They feel like they can turn

It was a steady buildup, right to the merciful moment he finished. It was a performance even outside the expertise of future anthem-saver and a then New Jersey Net, Maurice Cheeks. It would be years before I would appreciate the significance of that...

Friday night, he collected his 1,000th career steal. He will probably pass Charles Barkley (1,007) sometime this week. Still ahead of him will be Julius Erving (1,508), Allen Iverson (1,644) and Maurice Cheeks (1,942). "I saw on the board that I was at...