Roy Exum: From Welcome To Scorn
Thursday, May 20, 2021 - by Roy Exum
Roy Exum
In the fall of 1968, a gaggle of high school basketball coaches had crowded into Jim Phifer’s house in Brainerd on a Saturday night, this just prior to the start of the season. They were swapping wonderful stories and among the uproarious laughter I found myself sitting on the sofa with Howard High coach Henry Bowles, We were drinking a few beers together – sure, I was underage but back then folks gave this cub reporter a lot of undue slack. So, I asked Henry a question he’d never heard before or after many years later would never forget. “Coach Bowles, would it be okay if I covered your game against Riverside?