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Stop!
For those who only deal in short term memory, the name Steve Francis may only conjure up a shrug of the shoulders. During the last few years, his playing career has wound down rather unceremoniously. But the ending of a book is never the best place to judge it’s worth. The entire story must be digested in order to form a proper opinion. And although the last chapters in Francis’ career have been anti-climactic, there’s no denying that the beginning and middle stanzas of the man’s journey has earned him a place in “The Playground Gave Us…” pantheon.
Steve D’Shawn Francis, a.k.a. “Stevie Franchise” a.k.a. “Steve-O”, grew up in Tacoma Park, Maryland, a stone’s throw from the D.C. city line. His early days were challenging, growing up poor with his mother and grandmom. His dad walked out when he was 6 years old. By the age of 10, he was helping to pay the household bills by picking up odd jobs around the neighborhood.
He also picked up a ball around the time his pops left, showing an uncanny ability to entertain spectators. His family and folks around the way called him “Wink.”
He hit the Maryland and D.C. playgrounds, in addition to neighborhood rec centers. But he only played one game of high school ball. He’d been in and out of a number of schools and displayed an allergy for schoolwork. When his mother died, Stevie was 16. He then proceeded to drop out of school for good. After his mother succumbed to cancer, Francis did not touch a basketball for two years. He got a tattoo on his right arm that reads “In Memory of Brenda.” Throughout his playing days, whether in a packed arena in front of 20,000 or out in the park, he rubbed the tattoo each time he prepared to take a free throw.
In August of ‘96, he was just another 18-year-old asphalt phenom with no high school diploma, wandering aimlessly through life. Earlier that summer, Lou Wilson, the coach at Langley High School, managed to get Stevie a spot on Team Maryland as they were heading to the AAU National Championships in Florida. He played well in the tourney and impressed some coaches, but no offers came, which wasn’t surprising considering that he hadn’t seen a classroom in years.
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Then, one of his best friends named Mike Palmer was gunned down. He thought about his mother and the hopes she harbored for him.
“After awhile, I started thinking about what she’d want for me,” Francis said in the NY Daily News. “She’d want me to get an education. She’d want me to be happy again. She was such a strong woman, such a fighter. I couldn’t disappoint her.”
Francis reached out to a mentor named Nate Peake who was coaching at the Langley Park Boys and Girls club. Peake knew his way around the sports landscape because he also moonlighted as an assistant manager for his cousin, prizefighter Sharmba Mitchell. Peake told Stevie to get down to the gym.
Francis showed up and destroyed a playground rival during the run. Although he wasn’t even 6-feet tall, he jumped out of the gym for some remarkable dunks, drove the hole with ease and authority and drained long range jumpers from all over the court. During the day, Peake and Francis worked out and got his game tight. Afternoons and evenings were reserved for putting in the academic work and studying to get a G.E.D.
Peake used his connections to secure an offer from San Jacinto Junior College in Texas. “If you do A, B, and C,” Peake told the young man, “D will follow.” The D he referred to was pro ball.
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In the fall of ‘96, Francis packed his bags for Pasadena, Texas. He played point guard, led the team into the JUCO post season tourney with an undefeated mark and within one win of a National JUCO championship.
The next year he transferred to Allegany College, a Maryland JUCO, and averaged 23 points, 9 assists and & 7 rebounds per game during another undefeated regular season. He’d also grown to be 6′3″. Stevie Franchise became the first player ever to take two unbeaten teams into the National Junior College Tournament.
Pro scouts started showing up in Cumberland, Maryland to see what all the whispers were about. Stevie thought about going pro, but figured he could improve his profile and draft position with an NCAA takeover.
When he showed up in College Park the next fall, word spread so quickly about how he was killing it in practice that he received a standing ovation during his first introduction, just for removing his warm-up pants.
At the University of Maryland in ‘98-’99, he crashed the national radar when, along with Terrence Morris, Laron Profit, Obenna Ekezie and youngsters Juan Dixon and Lonny Baxter, the Terps rang up 28 wins and were ranked as high as #2 in the country. He averaged 17 points, 5 assists and 3 steals per game en route to being named All-American and a Naismith and Wooden Award finalist. He also shocked and amazed with his playground style, crossover dribble, powerful and gravity defying Jordan-like lean in slams and propensity to take over whenever he needed.
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Fans at Cole Field House begged him to score more and be more selfish. “But that’s not the way I play,” he told Lisa Olsen of the NY Daily News.
While most people only saw the highlight reel dunks every night on SportsCenter, those who watched him every day at practice knew he was something special.
“If you watch ESPN, you think he just dunks at the end of transition,” Terps coach Gary Williams told the NY Times. “He’s not averaging many more shots than everybody else. What I like is his willingness to blend in with other players.”
Williams also said this to Lisa Olsen of the NY Daily News: “Steve is incredibly unselfish. I find myself shaking my head at him sometimes, not for what he does, but for how complete a player and person he is.”
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“Everyone noticed the dunks and the 3-pointers, but as a coach what I really appreciated was his defense,” Williams was once quoted in Sports Illustrated. “He also was a great passer, an unselfish player who made those around him better.”
The Terps were eventually upset by coach Mike Jarvis’ St. John’s Red Storm – which was led by Ron Artest, Bootsy Thornton, Eric Barkley and Lavor Postell – during March Madness that year in the Sweet 16.
Before the tourney match-up, while Postell was saying that Francis was just an average player who could do spectacular dunks, Ron-Ron begged to differ.
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“I’ve seen him crossing people over and he’s very active on the boards,” Artest told Judy Battista of the New York Times. “I don’t think you can take him out of his game.”
After his one and done, Stevie took some heat for refusing to play for the team that drafted him, the Vancouver Grizzlies. But once that storm passed, the man called “Stevie Franchise” went about the business of bringing his D.C. playground boogie to the world’s greatest stage – the NBA.
On occassion he’d come back home to run at the Goodman League or the Jabbo Kenner during the summertime. One legendary match-up took place in 2001 at the Kenner, in Georgetown’s McDonough Arena. On that night which will forever be talked about in D.C. lore, the team called Francis’ Hitmen – with Cuttino Mobley, Moochie Norris, Walt “The Wizard” Williams and Jerome “Junk Yard Dog” Williams – lost to a team of street royalty 121-120. Stevie dropped 59 on D.C. legend Curt “Trouble” Smith. The problem was that the 6-foot “Trouble” gave Stevie 62!
Although playoff success eluded him, he thrilled millions around the globe during his years with the Rockets and the Magic. And despite the injuries that grounded him with the Knicks, Francis can limp off into the sunset with his head held high. Sometimes, the brightest shooting stars fade quick, and never reach the heights that others think they should. But Steve Francis owes no one an apology.
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For a kid who dropped out of school and played one game of JV ball in high school as the third string point guard, I’d say he came pretty darn far. And if it wasn’t for the neighborhood oasis’ of the blacktop, the rec centers and the tiny plywood court in a firehouse basement gym that allowed him to keep the flicker of his basketball dream alive, who knows if the world would have ever heard from him.
THE PLAYGROUND IS NOT THE PROBLEM. IT IS THE SOLUTION!
November 5th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
ali says:
peep the block on gary “the glove” payton at 1:20 of the 2nd youtube clip. bananas!
November 5th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
illest says:
when i first saw him at maryland it was like yo who the hell is this cat!!! son had ill handles and dunked on everyone. then i remember him talking trash with payton that year and i was like o ok son is serious. his career definitely faded fast. but he definitely was fun to watch thanks to rudy t. letting him do whatever he wanted on the court.
November 5th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
illest says:
and i love that steve smith half spin (the most slept on move in the history of basketball) on that kid from georgia tech. francis gave more of a spin fake on that move than steve smith used to.
November 5th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
ali says:
illest,
i’d heard about him the summer before he got to maryland, about how he slammed in chris webber’s grill three times in a row during one run, and the stories just seemed like urban legend. can’t be true, i thought.
but he was a marvel at maryland, laying the ground work for what would eventually become that national championship team when Juanny was a senior. and he came in the league, like you said, fearing no one. people forget how injuries can impact someone’s career. once his knees went, he could not do the same stuff. but when he was on, there weren’t many other people that playground heads wanted to watch ahead of stevie franchise.
November 5th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
ali says:
illest,
you done did it again. STEVE SMITH!!!, a motown st. cecilia’s legend, is one of THE most slept on talents of all time!!! You know he’s got a dossier in The playground gave us archives.
November 5th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
illest says:
ali….im sayin. that half spin move of steve smiths i just have always loved. because it works all the time. and he only did it like once a game. its so basic and so beautiful. there are so many moves that todays youth have no idea about because they didnt watch or just dont see. he was one of the most confident players i ever saw in college. and one of the alltime class acts.
November 5th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
ali says:
and the players today think they have to dance and break ankles and do all this crazy stuff. they need to study dudes like steve smith and glen rice for the subtleties. pearl was not a fast player, but that 1-2 took him so far.
November 5th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
illest says:
exactly the basics. glen rice with the triple threat position then one dribble pull up jumper. the youth definitely need to study.
November 5th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
that dude says:
I played against him the summer before his year at maryland, that dude was a beast i’ve seen him bust Webber’s, Chris Whitney’s, Keith Bogan’s, joe Forte’s, and a host of others like it wasn’t shit. I was there when he caught webber sleeping, he leaned on him something serious. I also saw him and louis bullock go at it at the kenner league in 98 that shit was off the hook!
November 5th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
fan says:
He got one of the worst highlights I’ve seen in a while. You tube him at Pro City score 60+. This dude was crazy. You remember the lean behind the back from dotted in college. Don’t forget when he came up to rucker and they triple teamed him the whole game vs Skip. He still managed like 40. They called him the REASON. Wow and that was when A.I. was called ? Think about it. Him and cuttino mobley was the best backcourt in the league for a few. Don’t get it twisted. Cat mobley was ill. Please put up steve francis on troy hudson on ankle breakers. He was talking to the crowd while he dispensed him like it was fun. Barring injuries they weren’t to many better.
November 5th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
funkalot says:
Ali,
Speaking of future pieces, what about Milwaukee’s finest LaTrell Sprewell, seeing him in the pic trailing Franchise reminded me how cold he was.
The half spin was, also, a patented move of Pearl Monroe’s. Earl used to rock back on his heels and hit you with it and then shoot the sideways fadeaway off of one leg.
Todays kids are good and still use basics, but it is not mentioned or focused on by the “L”, which views itself as an entertainment entity. Paul Pierce has the best footwork in the league, Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan are both strictly fundamental, Steve Nash wastes no motion and Kobe hits you with the MJ science re-incarnate. The League does not emphasize that part of players’ games enough and so the message or example may not have resonated, like we would want. But go and watch the Gauchos,most of the CHSAA schools, St. Anthonys’s, St. Benedict’s or Lincoln HS and you will see kids utilizing
the basics.
Not unlike the playground, we want the boogie!
November 5th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Azucar says:
Stevie Franchise was crazy nice in Maryland
November 5th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
ali says:
that dude,
thanks for the first hand account. it’s always good to hear from cats that actually competed with these guys. can’t argue with someone who’s been there, seen and felt the genuis. one thing, please refrain from using profanity, as youngters check the site and we’d like them to increase and better their vocab usage. thanks again and keep hittin’ us back.
fan, cat mobley is another slept on cat with the boogie.
and funk, you know the sprewell joint is coming down the pipeline. he’s another cat with a meteoric rise that took the public by storm.
November 5th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
ali says:
speaking of the pictures funk, peep the look on raymond felton’s face as okafor’s about to catch a bad one.
November 5th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
funkalot says:
Looking at Stevie’s numbers for the first 6 years of his career, he was putting up 19p 6r and 6a and in his only playoff series he averaged 19p 8r and 8 dimes. If we are to extrapolate from this small sampling, he might have been a borderline HOF. There are not many guards that have had numbers like those, in combination. He had gifts and since we have been deprived of his genius, to his credit he has not become a malcontent. A lesson in character for Gen Yers.
November 5th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
ali says:
had he put together 10 plus years with those numbers, easy HOF. but the injuries and swift decline made that impossible. still, he put it in when he had the chance.
November 5th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
illest says:
the hof is dicey. should guys get in just because of numbers alone? there are plenty who have numbers and havent got in. look at ad…it took his 15 years to get in, which is an absolute disgrace. and no one had better numbers than him.
November 5th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
funkalot says:
I concur Illest stats alone should not be the sole determinant for HOF and often it is not, as in the case of KC Jones, Bailey Howell who were associated with great Celtic teams and made the cut. Note: The HOF operates independently in its selection process to the exclusion of input (Voice or Vote) by the NBA Office or the NBPA.
If we just used stats, Reggie Theus would be a HOF. Consider that he averaged 19p and 6a for 13 seasons. He has scored more points during a similar career span than the following: Bob McAdoo, Isaiah, Scottie,Mark Aguirre,Calvin Murphy, Chris Mullin, Magic, Pearl Monroe, Kevin McHale and Chris Webber, to name a few. However, when you think of him you do not see HOF, but his numbers would belie that point. Use databasebasketball.com as a resource for ready statistics.
I, also, said that Stevie would be borderline, but you give him 3 to 4 more all-star nods and he would’ve been in, eventually.
November 5th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
illest says:
how about our President Obama (Im still amazed) playing the game we all love basketball hours before becoming President.
November 5th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
illest says:
funkalot….i agree steve would probably be in. I know the hall also considers what is done in college when electing a new member. which of course is another thing that doesnt make sense that there is already a college basketball HOF. True indeed there are many players with just number alone, like Theus, who would be based on that. im on databasebasketball at least once again…a very good site.
you mentioned CWebb…its amazing he was supposed to be one of the best and I think he underachieved but looking at his numbers they are up there with the best at his position. Even though the timeout scenario he can never live down and no ring at the pro level didnt happen he still had a HOF career.
November 5th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
funkalot says:
Yeah Illest, it is one of my favorite sites, as it allows for a comparative analysis of players stats and it used to provide you with state birthplaces and Hs attended.
Some guys should not be in the HOF, like BIll Walton, he had two great years as a pro, he merited induction , like you mentioned, off of college perfromances. That should not count and if that is the case than my man “The Boston Strangler” – Andrew Toney deserves a nod, he held it down for a few, especially the “51a- child abuse” he used to render to DJ, Ainge and supposed defensive Wiz-Mike Cooper. He spanked them like Barack did McCain.
November 5th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
ali says:
bill walton in the HOF is a complete joke, a mockery of what that institution stands for. big teef bill was one of the college game’s greatest players, but as a pro, he was doo doo in a shoe. bill walton over reggie theus, artis gilmore and bernard king? that’s insane!
let’s hijack the HOF!
November 5th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
nosmelone says:
what caused his demise so quick? He litterally just disappeared. I see he is still on Houstons roster, but of course doesn’t fit their game plan with Yao and Tracy, but I just don’t get it.
November 5th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
ali says:
knee issues have plagued him the last few years
November 6th, 2008 at 2:18 am
Seldom Seen says:
When healthy he was a lot of fun to watch and a practical highlight real…his career may very well over because of injuries but he’s paid in full getting $19M this season
November 6th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
that dude says:
Ali
My apologies for my profanity in my post. It won’t happen again
November 6th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
ali says:
no problem that dude. i know you were feeling the memories and i could feel the passion in your voice. no apologies necesarry.
yo, you gotta let cats know about curt “trouble” smith. think i might have to do something about him for the magazine. i wish i’d seen him in his prime. i’ve seen him recently at the goodman and the genius is still there, but goodness, gracious, i’m trying to imagine him a few years back.
November 6th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Doug C says:
Bill Walton is a complete joke in the HOF? Comparing Bill Walton to Andrew Toney (who’s game I loved/love, by the way). C’mon guys.
Bill Walton was NCAA player of the year 3 times (what!) – arguably the best college player of all-time. That stands for something. He was a two-time NBA champ, an NBA MVP (when he just started getting his injuries), and even NBA Sixth Man of the Year after he was basically disabled.
Now, if you want to debate whether he’s a NBA 50 Greatest player – I can’t really back him there – his career was too injury riddled. But he most certainly deserves to be in the HOF based on his college and early pro careers.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
ali says:
doug c,
bill walton was one of the greatest college players ever. no doubt about that one. now, let’s examine his pro career. he never played ONE FULL NBA SEASON. first two years in the league he was injured and played a total of 82 games. 1st year, avg’d 13 pts and 13 boards (only 35 games), 2nd year- a respectable 16 pts and 13 boards (in 51 games). the team was not in the playoffs either year. 3rd year, ‘76-’77, the blazers won it all and walton had a very good (not great!) year, avg’s 19 pts, 3 blocks and 14 boards. he was named finals mvp that year.
over the next four years, he played a total of 160 games, an average of 40 games per season for the blazers and san diego/LA clippers and his numbers were rather pedestrian.
‘84-’85 and ‘85-’86, he played in 67 and 80 games respectively for the clips and the celtics. and his numbers, to use his phrase, were “Hore-ible!”. Yes, he was a part of the ‘86 champion Celtics. And he avg’d 7 pts and 7 rebounds. Scott Wedmen and jerry sichting’s contributions off the bench were just as important as the big red head.
Yes, walton was a great college player. but a couple of very good (not great!) pro seasons does not a HOF’er make. Bernard King and Artis Gilmore deserve to be in the HOF. Walton deserves to be in the NCAA HOF. I know he was injured, but he was not a transcendent talent. he was not a great pro, except for, maybe, one year.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Doug C says:
Ali, it’s the “Basketball Hall of Fame”, not the Professional Hall of Fame. I think you misunderstand the nature of the Hall. Are you really saying John Wooden should not be in the Hall of Fame?
November 6th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
illest says:
walton – pro basketball hof…no
college basketball hof…yes
top 50….no way
definitely comedy doing clipper games w/ ralph lawler
November 6th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
funkalot says:
Doug C,
The accomplishments of all college basketball players and coaches should be recorded in the NCAA Hall of Fame.
There should exist a distinction between professionals and collegiates, as is typified by other HOFs.
However, as presently constituted, the basketball HOF is the Naismith HOF and dedicated to all aspects/levels of basketball. So, that is the only way Bill Walton and Calvin Murphy make it. A dude like Austin Carr, should be in the HOF, if we are talking about college exploits.
Bernard King, Artis Gilmore, Chet Walker and Dennis Johnson all deserve HOF status immediately, if a Pro stiff like Walton has been recognized. For that matter, Dick Barnett, who was a part of three NAIA chips in the fifties and two Knicks Championships teams should merit Naismith HOF.
The Naismith HOF is bogus, remember two years ago they did not induct a single player. That certifies them as counterfeit, just like Bill “limited thrill” Walton.
November 6th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Casey Lee says:
Funniest movement when he came down on Headache at the Rucker and shook him up…
November 6th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Doug C says:
Funkalot, not making a point on divergent Halls of Fame. Making a point that Walton very easily belongs in the Hall of Fame as it is currently situated. But also agree on guys like Bernard (who got robbed of the MVP in 1984) and DJ – heck, what about Sidney Moncrief?
November 6th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
ali says:
i smell what you’re cooking doug c. i understand that the naismith HOF is about a body of work. but no players are in the hall simply for their college exploits. john wooden’s entire body of work was as a college coach and his contributions to the sport and the spirit of the game are unquestioned, so to make that connection and comparison and to suggest that i misunderstand is way off base and really misses my point.
i completely understand that there is an ncaa hall of fame that walton belongs in. walton was one of the greatest college players but let’s separate that from his entire body of work. he was not an elite pro player, save for one season, and he never played an entire season. name one other player that was great in college, had one really good pro year and was a good to mediocre player for the majority of his career and got enshrined in springfield, mass?
should christian laettner, danny manning and ralph sampson be in the naismith HOF? Your argument says yes. And i would beg to differ.
November 6th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
ali says:
i’ve been making the case for moncrief for years. and i love the intelligent discourse of sports debates with folks who are passionate and know their stuff. thanks for your input doug c.
November 7th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Doug C says:
Ali, neither of Laettner, Manning or Ralph won three straight match Walton’s college exploits in combination of titles/player of the year trophies. Plus, he did win an MVP in the league. That’s no small feat.
I think that alone gets him in, especially when the only reason he didn’t produce life-long numbers was due to injuries – those other guys you mention just weren’t stellar pro players, even when healthy.
Props to you, Ali, as well. Moncrief and the late 70s Bucks were my favorite players/team growing up – I was a huge Junior Bridgeman fan.
November 7th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
ali says:
Junior Bridgeman!!! Now you’re cookin’ Doug C.
and you’re correct about laettner, manning and ralph not winning three straight ncaa chips. but they were outstanding, phenomenal players in college who, minus Walton’s one transcendent season, had comparable professional resumes.
and walton did get a league MVP. but that was an aberration, when you fully examine his credentials. he was comparable, in the pros, to buster douglass – one great fight, and rather ordinary afterwards.
i’m not hating on bill, i used to watch him at the boston garden in ‘86 from 8 rows behind the celtics bench when i was in prep school. and i marvel at his college exploits. i just think he was enshrined more for the “what if he never got injured factor,” based on three stellar college years and one in the nba. but you make some compelling, vaild points.
November 7th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
funkalot says:
Ali and Doug C,
We could debate the issue of prerequisites for the HOF ad nauseum. However, what we should do in wake of President Elect Obama’s victory, is mobilize our efforts to affect “change” in their processes. If we are,truly, honest the HOF should be inclusive of professionals only.
So, let us organize and avocate for, at least a voice (NBA or NBPA) to be involved. It is incredulous and amateurish of the Naismith Hall to exclude the league which embodies its membership. Better yet, let us create our own a Hood HOF or The Real Basketball HOF.
Ali,
Off of the subject, best streetball backcourt that I have seen has to be : Baron and Gil Zero. They were unbelievable for a couple of summers up at EBC America. I would love for them to be together in the “L”. Their synergy and explosiveness would be overwhelming.
November 7th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
ali says:
i hear you funk, but i don’t think the naismith HOF should be pro only. i believe it should be for long, sustained excellence. so whether you’re talking about coach John McClendon, coach Big House Gaines, Oscar Schmidt, Drazen Petrovic, Morgan Wooten, whomever.
and i know that opens up a pandora’s box in terms of the selectivity and the process. i just think the process of how the naismith HOF enshrines people needs to be transparent.
the names of the people who vote for the hall are kept more secret than the truth behind the kennedy assasinations, and that needs to change. but pro only? i don’t agree with that.
i do think we need to hijack the HOF, though. any such institution without bernard king, artis gilmore, sidney moncrief, andrew toney, James Worthy, George McInnis, mo cheeks, DJ, spencer haywood, marques johnson, roger brown, paul westphal, mel daniels, tex winter, jerry tarkanian, the great players and coaches at historically black schools that weren’t allowed roster spots in the pros and others that i’m sure i missed, is a complete and utter farce.
November 10th, 2008 at 9:21 am
illest says:
Ali….Worthy is in the HOF. The Hall is a joke and annoying to even think about how silly and ignorant their processes are and why and how decisions are made. Why are coaches allowed to be in and are still able to coach? Doesnt make sense.
November 10th, 2008 at 10:41 am
ali says:
yeah illest. i realized worthy was in after typing my rant. again, let’s hijack the HOF!
November 10th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
illest says:
ali….
word up!!!definitely needs to get hijacked. all of those guys you mentioned should have been in.
November 15th, 2008 at 1:40 am
andy@chicks in kicks says:
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