tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post114381903375793674..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Mason NetHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1143946871599373622006-04-01T22:01:00.000-05:002006-04-01T22:01:00.000-05:00Evanston, I lived in Chicago from 1979 through '81...Evanston, I lived in Chicago from 1979 through '81 and again from '85 through '87. Naturally I knew a lot of folks who remembered those days, and that story was a part of the city's oral history. <BR/><BR/>One person I remember hearing it from in great detail was a very prominent physician who was the head of a department in a major hospital.Jay D. Homnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714671338316275833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1143914998565315162006-04-01T13:09:00.000-05:002006-04-01T13:09:00.000-05:00Jay, what's your source on this IHSA story? I'm n...Jay, what's your source on this IHSA story? I'm not denying it, but after reading reviews of "Glory Road" it's clear that the media is more than happy to create its own morality plays, even when the events they depict never happened. My concern in the IHSA case is the assumption that the refs were racist. If my grandfather were a ref at that game, I would be awful perturbed if I thought he was not a racist. (As an extra note, one of my grandfathers used the "n" word on occasion so I have no illusions in regard to my own family history.)Anyway, it'd be nice if you gave the reader some background references or links.Evanston2https://www.blogger.com/profile/09851967034946400308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1143852254121803942006-03-31T19:44:00.000-05:002006-03-31T19:44:00.000-05:00Next door in Indiana, 1954 was the year of the Mil...Next door in Indiana, 1954 was the year of the Milan Miracle -- the true story upon which the movie Hoosiers is based. Coach Larranaga is getting a little tired of hearing his team compared to the Hickory Huskers, but I think there are more similarities than he admits. His players -- all local boys -- play not for NBA dreams but just because they love basketball. They have the same down-to-earth work ethic, the same clear headed sense, and they play the same kind of basketball that's admired in the land of Hoosier Hysteria: patient, balanced, team-oriented, and clean. I've been in this town when the Redskins won the Super Bowl. I've been in this town when the Terps went all the way. And I've never seen this town nuts for a team like they're nuts for these Patriots.Kathy Hutchinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851875819094837357noreply@blogger.com