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Article: Commercial Interests Make March Mad.(college basketball games)(Brief Article)(Column)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- March 26, 2001
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MY freshman year at college I lived in a dorm, next to a guy on the basketball team. His last name was Carrington. He was funny. He kept bragging to everyone about how good he was, how the Celtics were going to give him a tryout, but when we went to the college games, he didn't even start. He came off the bench.
That was OK. We cheered for him anyhow. Mine was a small college, and our gym was tiny enough that Carrington could hear us yelling if we waited for the right moment. During the game, one of our gang would get hot dogs or Milk Duds from the concession table, where the money was still collected in cigar boxes.
And after the game, we'd clomp down ...