March 2014
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There's Sir Charles Barkley, of course, leading the way, and all those Kings (Bernard, the king of Kings, but also Albert, Stacy and a score more). Dozens of Earls, including the diminutive Boykins, and my favorite, nomenclature-wise, Acie Earl. Also Brevin and many other Knights. Nor can we forget Marques Johnson or Marquis Teague. And Mel Counts,…
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I'm not a good sleeper — never have been. While I'm very accomplished at going to sleep, I'm deficient at staying there for the full eight hours. By two o'clock in the morning, I'm awake — reading, watching a previously-recorded basketball or baseball game, or, more often, lying there with the body dormant but the mind in a…
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My 75th, my diamond jubilee, is coming up in a few days, and it's about time that family and friends gave serious thought to the celebration. When Queen Elizabeth II had her jubilee just two years ago, there was a specially-commissioned anthem, a service for two thousand folks at St. Paul's, an equestrian extravaganza (550 horses), a flotilla of…
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Charlie Dressen (manager, Brooklyn Dodgers,1951-53): "You know something? I never read a book in my whole life…. I can read newspapers and magazines. But I never read a book. You think I should?" Jean Harlow (actress, on her birthday wishes): "Don't get me a book. I already got a book." Anatole Broyard (critic): "If it hadn't been…