Cheap shot at John Lucas

[CameronBornAndBred]

What disturbs me is that this issue was brought up almost 5 hours ago and the comment in the article still stands. As others have noted, if this were a comment in a thread, it would have been toasted very quickly. I know the mods don't have control over the front page, but surely one of them has the phone number of someone that does. If that statement and this thread were to disappear, I wouldn't be disappointed in the least.

[davekay1971]

Great posts calling out the main page article. Of note, the Lucas comment has been removed. My hat is off to all those who posted on this thread!

[weezie]

I was pretty young at the time (fingers crossed) and I've posted this before but I remember wandering over to the the tennis courts to watch Lucas dismantle his opponent in straight sets on a warm spring day while he kept wearing his warm-up pants.
He was one beautiful man and a marvel of an athlete.
I'll bet at "nearly 60 year(s) old" he could still kick most of the tails here on the tennis or basketball court!
So, good luck to him.
And let's focus more on coming up with nit-picky annoyances oozing out of chapel hole.

[Devil in the Blue Dress]

The offending comment is gone, but the memory lingers on.

[77devil]

I was pretty young at the time (fingers crossed) and I've posted this before but I remember wandering over to the the tennis courts to watch Lucas dismantle his opponent in straight sets on a warm spring day while he kept wearing his warm-up pants.
He was one beautiful man and a marvel of an athlete.
I'll bet at "nearly 60 year(s) old" he could still kick most of the tails here on the tennis or basketball court!
So, good luck to him.
And let's focus more on coming up with nit-picky annoyances oozing out of chapel hole.

I played tennis with John on a few occasions in Durham over two summers. He was a genuinely nice guy and a tremendous athlete. Not a big fan of Durham though, which is one reason why Duke had no chance in his recruitment. Most on this board probably are unaware that he was an ACC singles champion in addition to his basketball skills and accomplishments which were considerable.

Don't recall DBR taking similar cheap shots at David Thompson who suffered from the same affliction. Hmm? And by the way, when did 56/57 become nearly 60?

[Mcluhan]

Nice to see the offending passage removed. No hard feelings. Viva DBR.

[BD80]

... when did 56/57 become nearly 60?

About 45 years after 30 was "over the hill"

[OldPhiKap]

Nice to see the offending passage removed. No hard feelings. Viva DBR.

Yup. Chalk it up as a foom-pa and move on. Nothing to see here . . . .

[-jk]

Yup. Chalk it up as a foom-pa and move on. Nothing to see here . . . .

Good idea.

-jk