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Article: Bullets Have Hands Full With Eackles Injured; Ellison Touch-and-Go on Visit to New Jersey
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- January 3, 1992
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Do not come near a Washington Bullet these days. Something will
happen to you. Something bad.
Yesterday Ledell Eackles sat on the sideline at Bowie State
University, his right hand taped up. He wasn't allowed to practice
because a Roman candle went off in his hand Monday night.
A . . . Roman . . . candle.
He made the trip with the team to New Jersey, where the Bullets
play a suddenly hot Nets team tonight at Brendan Byrne Arena. His
status is probable, and Washington needs him. Tom Hammonds is on the
injured list and out for the month, and Eackles is the backup small
forward to Harvey Grant, who desperately needs to get some rest