![]() ![]() It’s just a shame that his elbow seemed to hit people inadvertently.” ![]() I saw Horace last year at a fundraiser and said, ‘I’m not mad at you anymore.’ He said, ‘My bad.’ He and I shook hands on a contract and then he denied it. You have to say he was extremely smart at what he did. Then, there was the public side and he was incredibly competitive. But he was so shy that if he sat and talked to you, he couldn’t look you in the eye. You had to make sure he got there on time. There was the Dennis Rodman you knew in private, who was actually shy and just wanted to be one of the guys and practice hard. He’s a very, very interesting person because there were two Dennis Rodmans. When he came here, he was as unsophisticated a person that I ever had met. He came out of this modest background of 12 kids and his father was an invalid (affected by a stroke). He probably grew more than any player I’ve known. Because you had to kill LaMotta to beat him. I once said to Michael, ‘You remind me of (boxer) Jake LaMotta.’ And Michael said, ‘Who’s Jake LaMotta?’ I explained to him and he liked it. But he’s very smart.Īside from being the greatest basketball player that ever lived, probably the most competitive athlete that I’ve ever known. He’s so well-read and really a bit of a philosopher. One of the greatest coaches of all-time and one of the most interesting people I’ve ever known. ![]() Associated Press photo by EyePressĬalifornia's ghost lands: Between rainstorms, fog settles in the Kern River Canyon near Bakersfield.The momentum started with Doug because Doug created a winning atmosphere. Two workers reportedly were injured in the blast. Grand Forks Herald photo by John Stennes via Associated PressĬhinese firefighters battle a blaze raging after an explosion at a chemical plant in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. Water, water, everywhere: The flooding Red River in Grand Forks, N.D., turns a farm into an island. The Town Talk photo by Leandro Huebner via Associated Press Ball residents have been on edge since convicted murderer and martial arts expert Richard Lee McNair escaped from the federal pen at Pollock. Killer on the loose: Armed with his rifle, Skip Sherlock keeps lookout as he waits for a school bus to unload his nieces and nephews in Ball, La. Could someone please call the animal hospital? News Virginian photo by Rosanne Weber via Associated Press But the hole in the fence in Stuarts Draft, Va., isn't always big enough. Associated Press photo by Nati HarnikĬow catcher: The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Zoo staffers are raising the tiny ape because its 21-year-old mother showed little interest in the job. This nipple is broken! A month-old orangutan sucks futilely on a finger belonging to Henry Doorly Zoo director Dr. Las Cruces Sun-News photo by Norm Dettlaff via Associated Press The school was hosting Project Sentry, an initiative of the federal Project Safe Neighborhood program that exposes students to the realities of gun violence. Gruesome lesson: Photos of shotgun wounds have the intended effect on seventh-graders Kaitlyn Carter (left) and Sallie McLees at Sierra Middle School in Las Cruces, N.M. We're pretty sure rugger Rocky Elsom was trying to strip the ball - not Mose Tuiali - during a match in Christchurch, New Zealand. Bakersfield Californian photo by Casey Christie Associated Press photo by Fernando Vergaraīright-eyed and bushy-tailed: A family outing in Bakersfield's Hart Park can wait until cat reconnaissance is complete. She's one of about 80 members of the indigenous tribe displaced from their jungle home by FARC rebels. El Paso Times photo by Victor Calzada via Associated Pressįorehead fashion: A Nukak-Maku woman applies makeup at a makeshift camp near the village of Agua Bonita, southern Colombia. Associated Press photo by Dave Thompsonįringe benefit: Hairdresser Isaac Rocha of the Avida Salon in El Paso, Texas, gives Kaletia Roberts some tuft love. She ain't what she used to be: The best handicapping tips at the Grand National, the world's most grueling steeplechase at England's Aintree Racecourse, come straight from the horse's mouth. Nice job, Einstein: Ten-year-old Allyson Flores finds a teammate's answer less than satisfactory at the Wood County Elementary School Quiz Bowl in Jerry City, Ohio. ![]()
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