McCarroll21
10-28-2006, 11:54 PM
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Legendary Celtics coach Auerbach dead at age 89 (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2642131)
Red Auerbach, the Hall of Fame coach who led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships in the 1950s and 1960s, died Saturday. He was 89.
Auerbach won 938 games with the Celtics and was the winningest coach in NBA history until Lenny Wilkens overtook him in the 1994-95 season. As general manager, the straight-talking Auerbach, who celebrated victories with a postgame cigar, was also the architect of Celtics teams that won seven more titles in the 1970s and 1980s.
He died of a heart attack near his home in Washington, according to an NBA official, who didn't want to be identified. His last public appearance was on Wednesday, when he received the U.S. Navy's Lone Sailor Award in front of family and friends in ceremonies in Washington.
Man. Two days. Two deaths. I don't know what else to say, basketball is *my sport* and he's one of the names that anyone who knows basketball knows. Whatever age, you know who Red Auerbach is.
Legendary Celtics coach Auerbach dead at age 89 (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2642131)
Red Auerbach, the Hall of Fame coach who led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships in the 1950s and 1960s, died Saturday. He was 89.
Auerbach won 938 games with the Celtics and was the winningest coach in NBA history until Lenny Wilkens overtook him in the 1994-95 season. As general manager, the straight-talking Auerbach, who celebrated victories with a postgame cigar, was also the architect of Celtics teams that won seven more titles in the 1970s and 1980s.
He died of a heart attack near his home in Washington, according to an NBA official, who didn't want to be identified. His last public appearance was on Wednesday, when he received the U.S. Navy's Lone Sailor Award in front of family and friends in ceremonies in Washington.
Man. Two days. Two deaths. I don't know what else to say, basketball is *my sport* and he's one of the names that anyone who knows basketball knows. Whatever age, you know who Red Auerbach is.