sigma7: Sims (dammit)
sigma7 ([personal profile] sigma7) wrote2006-10-28 08:18 pm
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*The* basketball coach

Red Auerbach, longtime Celtics coach, leading them to eight straight titles, dead at 89.

[identity profile] querldox.livejournal.com 2006-10-29 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
Expect a truly ridiculous number of editorial cartoons involving some heavenly figure lighting a victory cigar.

Not unexpected; I'd gotten an impression his health was failing. He was definitely the long-term face of the Celtics and came across as someone it'd be fun to have a conversation with.

[identity profile] daethkow.livejournal.com 2006-10-30 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
Found that out this morning as Cris and I were getting ready to go to the game. It saddened us. But in the retrospective on ESPN they discussed his masterminding of the most lopsided trade in sports history - Joe Barry Carrol for Robert Parish and the pick that became Kevin McHale. That put smiles on our faces.