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Bullets' Mascot `Hoops' Among the Missing;After Ejection on Thursday Night, Washington Has Big Blue Keeping a Low Profile
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The Washington Post
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April 8, 1991
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Last Thursday night, with 3:17 remaining in the Bullets-Trail
Blazers game, "Hoops" exited the Capital Centre court a shaken
mascot. He has not been seen since.
Hoops, who turned 3 earlier this season, was removed from the
court, escorted by security, shortly after Bullets Coach Wes Unseld
and players Darrell Walker and Pervis Ellison were tossed by referee
Steve Javie. Their whereabouts have been accounted for.
Efforts to reach Hoops - roughly 6 feet 6, weight unknown, blue
cap, orange basketball head, rim and net midsection (he seems to be
dunking himself), dark shades and a painted-on smile - through the
Bullets and independent sources to hear his side of the story all
have hit dead ...
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