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Article: Playing 'fro keeps Hair-force commander Ben Wallace has Pistons flying high in quest for repeat
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- June 19, 2005
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Ben Wallace's hair, when it's worn as an
afro more so than when wife Chanda braids it into cornrows, is the
first thing that grabs your attention, and it actually tells you a
lot about him.
I don't get cuts," the NBA's version of Samson said after practice
Friday. I haven't had a haircut in six years."
His 'fro says he's his own man, unfazed by convention or public
opinion. It says he's proud of his blackness and has the self-
assurance and self-esteem of another hair-raising celebrity, Don
King.
That's why Wallace, the 6-9, 240-pound starting center for the
Detroit Pistons, is not out shopping for respect or some kind of
public confirmation as the league's top ...