Al McGuire

And now, sports fans, the received wisdom of the ages:

This Where Are They Now feature and others like it can be found in the July 2nd issue of Sports Illustrated.

Thirty years ago, one of the most unlikely champions in college basketball history was crowned in Atlanta, and its unforgettable coach wept on the bench. Marquette legend Al McGuire, who had announced three months...

Picture, if you can, the late Al McGuire, summoned back to earth from the Great Sideline in the Sky. He's standing in a room with a couple thousand people, watching a video of the closing seconds of the 1977 NCAA...

Go inside almost any NBA arena these days ... and hold your ears. What goes on -- the endless, ear-assaulting cheerleading by the hometown public address announcer -- mirrors what has happened to much of basketball...