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It’s of John Havlicek. So I do think about the legacy here."As it turns out, Popovich took the poster with him from his office when he coached at Pomona Pitzer, a tiny Division-III liberal arts ...
There is an art in knowing when it is time to leave." "THE ONES who have been able to deal with it successfully, you can count on one hand," agreed Pat Williams, the general manager of the 76ers.
John Havlicek, who won eight NBA championships with the Boston Celtics and was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1984, died Thursday. He was 79. Havlicek suffered from Parkinson’s ...
John Havlicek did not “steal” the ball to seal that 1965 Game 7 victory over the 76ers. Here is his own description of that famous play: “Greer throws the ball in.
Beth and John Havlicek pose for a photo with their daughter, Jill, and son, Christopher on March 15, 1974. Bill Curtis/Globe Staff. By Mark Dunphy. April 26, 2019 1 minute to read.
This column on the final game for Celtics great John Havlicek, who died a year ago this week, is by the late Ray Fitzgerald. It appeared in the Globe on Monday, April 10, 1978, with the headline ...
John Havlicek's legacy was built over 16 years with the Boston Celtics, eight of them as NBA champions, making him among the best to ever play the game. One play immortalized him forever ...
John Havlicek, the understated superstar who transformed an off-the-bench role into a Hall of Fame career and became the all-time leading scorer with the Boston Celtics, died on Thursday in ...
John Havlicek, who was 79 when he passed away on Thursday, was so much more than the guy who stole the ball. Let’s get that out of the way, OK? Yes, the man they called Hondo did tip a ball in ...
John Havlicek was defended by Bill Bradley of the Knicks in a game at Boston Garden in 1976. His Celtics teammate and fellow Hall of Famer Bill Russell called him “the best all-around player I ...
John Havlicek, who perfected the role of the “sixth man,” or the first player off the bench, during a 16-year Hall of Fame career with the Boston Celtics in which he was a catalyst in ...