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Bill Bradley was an NBA legend in the seventies. Last NFL season, former Princeton quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick had a splendid first half of the season with the Buffalo Bills. But they are rare indeed. Jerome Allen (Pennsylvania) is the last Ivy Leaguer...
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Which schools give you a better chance to become POTUS than to play in an NBA game?
Lawyers, Guns and Money
Eureka, although it does far better relative to replacement level with respect to NBA players. If you exclude JDs, then Yale seems to give a person an equal chance at the White House and the NBA. Georges H.W. & W. Bush and William Howard Taft went...
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Through Lin, the Ivy League athlete’s story is becoming a tale to which American sports fans can relate in a way they haven’t been able to before. Lin is the first Ivy Leaguer to hit the NBA hardwood since Yale’s own Chris Dudley in 2003. And with all...
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Lin is the first Harvard graduate to play in the NBA since 1954. Even if drafted, Lin would have been the first Ivy Leaguer selected since Jerome Allen of Penn in 1995. The last Ivy Leaguer to play in the NBA was Yale’s Chris Dudley in 2003. Still,...
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An Ivy Leaguer? Is that what they saw? The Ivy League has produced one of the greatest players in basketball history, Bill Bradley of Princeton, but it hasn't sent many others to the NBA. Before Lin came along, the NBA hadn't had an Ivy Leaguer since...
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Canzano: Former Trail Blazer Gary Trent doing battle again ... this time, in an unlikely place
Oregon Live
NBA career, "was the opportunity to have that career." Without it, he'd probably be in prison preaching the 'be better than me' message. Or worse, dead. Trent said having the chance to be drafted by Portland in 1995 as a 20-year old with veteran...
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“We never expected an Asian could play point guard in the NBA,” Chen said. “I never imagined it.” Lin’s Ivy League roots also make him a rarity in the NBA. He’s the first NBA player from the Ivy League since Yale grad Chris Dudley played in 2003, and...
About Chris Dudley
Wikipedia
Christen Guilford Dudley (born February 22, 1965) is a former NBA basketball player, who spent sixteen years playing for different teams. The oft-injured center was known as a good rebounder and shot blocker but also for his limited offensive game and poor free throw shooting. Once, in a game on April 14, 1990, he missed 17 of 18 foul shots,... Full Article
