Dejounte Murray’s story will make Spurs fans admire him even more
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Lost in the shuffle of NBA news covering the Hall of Fame enshrinement of Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Tamika Catchings, Rudy Tomjanovich, and other deserving luminaries is a slew of articles that ranges from heartwarming to comedic to a walk down memory lane for Spurs fans.
Dejounte Murray receives his national star turn in Michael Pina’s excellent article by SI.com’s Michael Pina about the guard’s path towards Spurs stardom. Pina chronicles the ‘takes a village to raise a child’ that was needed to help Dejounte navigate an uncertain upbringing in the Seattle area to the excellent young star he is a handful of years into his NBA career.
Long-delayed Hall of Fame Class of 2020 ceremony finally arrives
Originally planned to take place eight months ago, the Hall of Fame s Class of 2020 ceremony will likely prove an emotional affair.
Steve Aschburner
May 15, 2021 5:45 AM
Vanessa Bryant and Natalia Bryant receive the jacket and ring for Kobe Bryant during the Class of 2020 Tip-Off Celebration and Awards Gala.
UNCASVILLE, Conn. No jaw-dropping array of mostly NBA legends casually sitting on stage, mixing with the current group of inductees. No banter, no teasing, no peers or elders out there with whom to interact at all. No traditional ceremony of slipping on the orange Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame orange sport coats. That was shifted this time to a separate Friday night gala.
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No, he wasn’t called that. But I thought of him that way. I’ll get to Pete du Pont in a moment.
My Impromptus today leads with Caitlyn Jenner and California. A reality-TV star, and tabloid celebrity, can make a big splash in American politics. (“Manifestly,” I can hear WFB saying.) But is it good for us? I also write on Anthony Gonzalez, Liz Cheney, Alexei Navalny, Hugo Wolf, and more.
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Pete du Pont was one of my favorite people in all of politics. (He died on Saturday, at 86.) I was a big fan when he ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988. He ran on what he called “damn-right ideas” – ideas that make you say, “Damn right.”