Jimmy V Week and the great ESPN speech reminds me of a roast of Rollie just before he changed his mind about the New Jersey Nets job. The featured roaster was Jim Valvano who, along with others, including a Sixers executive (Pat Williams-?) as the MC, produced a very funny evening.
I had an audio tape of the event which either I lost or threw away after the flimsy tape broke. Does anyone have this tape or a digitized version of it? If so, I will pay for a reproduction.
A couple of remembrances from the tape:
The MC: We just got good news from the NC State campus. All the basketball players are getting straight A's. Their B's are a little crooked but they're making straight A's.
Valvano (in response to laughter after he mentioned the great play he called at the end of the championship game against Houston): You think I didn't call that play? Look, Lorenzo Charles is from Brooklyn. I told him in the huddle -- Lo, if anything goes near the rim, pretend it's a hubcap.
I had an audio tape of the event which either I lost or threw away after the flimsy tape broke. Does anyone have this tape or a digitized version of it? If so, I will pay for a reproduction.
A couple of remembrances from the tape:
The MC: We just got good news from the NC State campus. All the basketball players are getting straight A's. Their B's are a little crooked but they're making straight A's.
Valvano (in response to laughter after he mentioned the great play he called at the end of the championship game against Houston): You think I didn't call that play? Look, Lorenzo Charles is from Brooklyn. I told him in the huddle -- Lo, if anything goes near the rim, pretend it's a hubcap.
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