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Article: From French prince to Hell's Kitchen Bulls' Noah followed basketball dream to streets of New York.(Sports)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- July 3, 2007
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Byline: Mike McGraw
mmcgraw@@dailyherald.com
Joakim Noah's venture into basketball reads something like a modern-day version of "Prince and the Pauper," where a pampered prince trades places with an ordinary citizen to get a taste of the real world.
American sports fans know of Yannick Noah, Joakim's father, as a retired tennis player. But there is much more to the story.
Yannick Noah is practically French royalty. After his tennis career ended, Noah became one of the country's most successful musical artists, specializing in African-influenced pop.
He placed a song at the top of the French charts for three weeks earlier this ...