prehistoric basketball
Forgotten Man: Bobby McDermott And The Rise Of Pro Basketball
No player did more to build pro basketball in the 1930's and '40s than Bobby McDermott, a brawling, hard-drinking scorer from Queens. How did he get forgotten?
Joe Fulks, the Jump Shot Innovator One Man Murdered and the Rest Forgot
Joe Fulks is a member of the group of basketball players who pioneered the jump shot, but his life story puts him in a category of his own: he's the only Hall of Fame player—in Springfield, Canton, or Cooperstown—to have been murdered.
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