I was born in 1980 in NY and my parents were huge Yankee fans despite living in Queens and from the moment I can remember I was a huge Yankee fan always going to Yankee games with my parents and playing Little League baseball with my dad coaching me which naturally lead to baseball being my favorite sport.

My dad also loved football but not basketball at all. I liked football a little but I enjoyed playing basketball whenever I could. I even asked my parents to buy me a little hoop to play at home and it wound up being a Larry Bird hoop with a styrofoam basketball lol.

We finally got cable in our area in the summer of 1989 and I naturally loved watching MSG for the Yankee games and the WWF since they would have a card once a month. I of course found the Knicks games now too and started watching them whenever I could. I remember watching the Trent Tucker shot with .1 to beat the Bulls and going crazy when Bird missed the 3 at the buzzer securing the Knicks win in Game 3 of that series. I was excited to see a team I was rooting for in the playoffs since the Yankees were horrible at that time lol.

Game 5 happened as I was playing a double-header and since I played the 1st game sat the 2nd game and spent the whole time running back and forth between the dad of one of the players who was watching the game on a portable TV and my head coach who wanted constant updates of the game lol. When Ewing made that crazy 3 with 2 minutes left me and the dad went crazy lol.

Sorry for the long story but bringing up the 1990 series vs the Celtics brought back old memories lol. I just wish I didnt move to Miami that summer because I missed out on living in NY during the 90′s which was a great decade for the Knicks and the Yankees.

Robert Silverman: More importantly, he perfected the “Graying Caucasian with an an Afro/perm” look that was very popular among NBA coaches in the 80′s. Hubie Brown was also a devout acolyte.  (Quote)

Funny the things you remember. But the gray permfro I could picture even if I had no recollection of him as a Celtic coach.

Who is Jimmie Rodgers?

Famous country singer from the early 20th Century – “The Father of Country Music.” Whether people know him nowadays or not, they definitely knew him in 1943 when Jimmy Rodgers was born.

Thomas B.: Who is Jimmie Rodgers?  (Quote)

The subject of the tale…and someone who I had quickly forgotten.