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Dr J Defends Basketball Color Blindness In Dialogue With Fans
AP Special Correspondent Will Grimsley profiles Julius Erving known as Dr. J who rejects racial caricatures of basketball. He cites game focus over color, promotes his film The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh and discusses retirement plans set for 1982. Also notes Mike Durbin’s Syracuse Open win and Archie Griffin’s 100-yard streaks at Ohio State.
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Will Grimsley
Julius
Dr. J’’ Erving
New York
Madison Square Garden
Knicks
Bill Bradley
Dave DeBusschere
Dr. J
Philadelphia 76Ers
Erving
Pittsburgh
the 76Ers
Jonathan Winters
Flip Wilson
James Bond III
Meadowlark Lemon
Lorimar Productions
Roosevelt
Long Island
University of Massachusetts
Virginia Squires
American Basketball Association
New York Nets
76Ers
Syracuse
N.Y
Mike Durbin
Chagrin Falls
Ohio
Durbin
Alvin Lou
el Cajon
Calif
Mark Roth
North Arlington
N.J