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Rankman: How Tommy Bonk Gave Us `Phi Slama Jama
From one friend to another: The birth of a great basketball nickname for the high-flying Houston Cougars
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Apr 1, 2021
From one friend to another: The birth of a great basketball nickname for the high-flying Houston Cougars
When UCLA made it to the Final Four on Tuesday with its tough win over Michigan, l couldn’t help but think of our TMG founder, Chris Dufresne, who was a huge Bruins fan. And then Chris’ son, Joey, reminded us on Twitter about a column Chris wrote about the man who coined the phrase “Phi Slama Jama,’’ his L.A. Times friend, Tommy Bonk. This piece originally ran on March 28, 2016, at Chris’ Rankman website.