The ball loved Flick.
I saw him rack up
thirty-eight of forty
In one home game. His
hands were like wild birds.
He never learned a trade,
he just sells gas,
Checks oil, and changes
flats.
-- JOHN UPDIKE
Among the more than 25 million Americans watching the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament on television this week will be Tom Scates, the 6-ft. 10-in. former Georgetown University center. A 1979 graduate, he was once a mainstay of a winning team, and his hopes were pinned on making the pros. Today he is in uniform all right -- as a doorman...
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