A trip into the home of basketball

Posted Dec 14, 2006

Stepping off the airplane in Durham, N.C., last weekend was like being transported into an alternate universe. Beam me up, Scottie Pippen. I was raised on Tom Landry and Earl Campbell. There were two seasons growing up — football season and not football season.Basketball is important, and Texas high schools have produced several high-profile NBA players — Shaquille O'Neal and Larry Johnson come to mind — but spending the weekend in North Carolina was an eye opener. (Austin American-Statesman)

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