My biggest win was getting the meal money bumped from $5 to $7.
Russell joined the team in December, 1956, following the Olympics.
Cooper was my road roommate, and also happened to be the first African American player drafted by a National Basketball Association team.
Back then every small town had a gym, and if itseated more than 2,000 then we'd be interested in playing in it.
We lived in Yorkville, which is located on the East End of Manhattan. It's further east than Hell's Kitchen, and back then it was the kind of place where the roaches and cockroaches were big enough to carry away small children.
French was my first language.
We ran an up-tempo, transition-style of game at Boston College - very similar to what we ran when I played for Arnold.
