Ralph Sampson
PHOENIX, AZ - MARCH 23: Basketball player Ralph Sampson attends Muhammad Ali's Celebrity Fight Night XIX at JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa on March 23, 2013 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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I scouted Ralph Sampson when he was in high school
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But it's also not going to be Olajuwon vs. Patrick Ewing. It's not going to be Ralph Sampson vs. Patrick Ewing. We're not going to have two guys in the lane battling it out, fighting. That's not a fight Stefanie can win. Look, you're going to get a chance to play against the most unique [women's] player that has ever been. If you try to beat her at her game you're going to lose.More quotes »
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Paul Klee: In NBA playoffs, Nuggets can prove Karl's basketball philosophy
DENVER - George Karl sat in a chair in a lower hallway at Pepsi Center. The Phoenix Suns were walking by, on their way to the visitors' locker room. Sampson, a basketball hall of famer, is a coach with the Suns. "I scouted Ralph Sampson when he was in hi from HeraldOnline.com Read more »
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Blazers G Damian Lillard Named Western Conference Rookie Of The Month For April
Lillard also won Rookie of the Month honors in October/November 2012 (here), December 2012 (here), January 2013 (here), February 2013 (here) and March 2013 (here). He becomes the first Blazers player to win the award in six consecutive months and just th from Blazer's Edge Read more »
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N.C. State won title 30 years ago
But there was a game — and a team, a coach and a building — that time has not forgotten, 30 years after it was played. Thirty years ago today. Ralph Sampson strode into the small hotel, a day before a spring snowstorm hit. He was the king of college bask from Albuquerque Journal Read more »
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Where Wichita State Ranks Among All-Time Final Four Underdogs
Video of Virginia's national semifinal vs. Houston courtesy of YouTube. Having lost Ralph Sampson to the NBA the year before, the Cavaliers entered the 1984 tournament as a No. 7 seed with few expectations of making a repeat Final Four run as they did in from Bleacher Report Read more »
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Hasty: Barnstorming days are here again
SANFORD - Jackson Barkley remembers that North Carolina's James Worthy was approachable and Duke's Greg Paulus was accommodating. Marshall Waren remembers beating the buzzer to convince Virginia's Ralph Sampson to come to Fayetteville and that Duke's Chr from Fayetteville Observer Read more »
