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When he brought the ball up court, the New York fans would applaud and stand… The visiting team new they their hands were full. When he played down low, the post game and rebound was his… If you were fortunate to witness Anthony Manson’s game, especially as a New York Knick fan, you were exposed to a powerful player with the skills of all five positions on the court.🏀

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My brother and I are saddened by death of Anthony Mason. Mase was one of our favorite Knicks of all time. He could pass, set bone crushing picks, bang under the boards, hit the mid range jumper, dunk on whoever, and intimidate the opposing teams’ best player. My brother and I are passionate Knick fans. Even at 10-46 we watch. We love our team. We give the Knicks of today so much criticism because we know the kind of basketball that should be played at Madison Square Garden. Anthony Mason represents that kind of basketball. People didn’t come into MSG comfortably the way they do today. And one of the reasons for that was the play of Mase. I’m thankful he played for us and for all joy he brought to me and my brother.

RIP Anthony Mason.

Mase brought a smash mouth, tough as nails, roughneck, blue collar work ethic to the game. Together with Charles Oakley, you just knew that you were going to get an all out effort and heart. They abandoned everything on the floor. 

One thing Mason isn’t given enough credit for are his ball handling skills. He was not going to make a PG jealous, but for a man his size, he was quick, agile, had dexterity and could move on the fast break.

I’m not one of those guys who is always going on about “back in my day”, but in this situation it is applicable. The type of play guys like Mason and Oakley had would be foreign in the way the game is played now. Half the plays that were let go back then would be fouls today. Guys didn’t flop as much then because an errant elbow or a strong pick would not be called as a foul. You took that shit and kept on moving. This was a physical game and you knew that going in.

There’s a certain level of toughness and grittiness that players had then that is not just there today, hence the culture of flopping. Flopping then would have the referee tell you to get your bum ass off the floor. I say it because I’ve lived through the changes to see them. Mason’s style of play isn’t really around anymore. Guys who embodied this tough, gritty play were players like Rick Mahorn, Dale Davis, Antonio Davis and Charles Oakley to name a few. They would never be be MVP candidates, but these were blue chipper athletes. You got consistency and reliability. They brought value and got the job done. They could hang and bang with the best of them, and if need be, physically move you around if it had to come to that. You knew when they were in the paint. Mason personified this playing style so much.

We honor Mason because he was truly one of a kind. A tremendous player who brought an edge and toughness to the game. His legacy is enshrined. He will be fondly remembered. As an athlete, as a man and as a person.

RIP Anthony Mason

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2008 - Brian Sterner broke his neck almost 14 years ago and is a quadriplegic. Sterner, who can drive, was arrested on a traffic violation. When he was booked into the Orient Road Jail last month, Sterner couldn’t believe what happened.

He says a deputy looked at him and didn’t believe he was a quadriplegic. She walked behind him, took the handles on the back of the hospital-grade wheel chair and dumped it forward.

Sterner says he tried to roll as he was going down, but hit so hard he thought he had broken two ribs. Then, while he was on the floor, deputies frisked him and tried to get him back into the chair.

Sterner says it’s incredibly degrading and it’s an example of how poorly trained the Hillsborough Sheriff’s Office is. He adds, if they’re trying to figure out if somebody needs to be in a wheelchair or not, there are many other ways to do it than to dump somebody on their face. [video]

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kateoplis:

“The Harvard Law Review, generally considered the most prestigious in the country, elected the first black president in its 104-year history today. The job is considered the highest student position at Harvard Law School.”

“‘The fact that I’ve been elected shows a lot of progress,’ Mr. Obama said today in an interview. ‘It’s encouraging. But it’s important that stories like mine aren’t used to say that everything is O.K. for blacks. You have to remember that for every one of me, there are hundreds or thousands of black students with at least equal talent who don’t get a chance,’  he said, alluding to poverty or growing up in a drug environment.”

First Black Elected to Head Harvard’s Law Review

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