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ITHACA, NY -- Given that Ithaca tends to trend “younger” demographically, many sports fans are likely unaware that the NBA was not always the cultural phenomenon it is today. For many basketball fans of my vintage (watching Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain do battle was our version of “The Clash of the Titans”), it is easy to remember when the NBA was a comparatively upstart enterprise, fighting for its share of revenue and relevance.  Local author Pete Croatto has just released an exhaustive and impressive 300-plus page book, and “From Hang Time to Prime Time: Bu...

His team trailed by 20 with three minutes to play. alley-oop slam. the raptors beat the heat 125-104, guys. >> looks like bill karins the way he throws down sometimes. >> that's right. >> oh, boom. that's some serious hang time. >> that's nice. >> bill karins is pretty impressive. i don't know if he can get up that high. we'll have to see. we'll wait for him to bring us some videos. >> proof in the pudding. still ahead president trump is planning to renew his fight for border wall funding. he's going to pressure congress for an additional $8.6 billion. >> congresswoman alexandria occasio-cor...

All-star career. and his new memoir aptly titled "hang time, my life in baseball" which comes out this week. take a listen. >> it's quite a book. in the early part of it you talk about riding on a plane with jerry west. you're both on the way to d.c. he says to you, you need a statue. you should have a statue. >> you say, i don't need that. over the course of that you say, no, it wouldn't be bad at all. you are a very humble man. you're not somebody who's prone to bragging but if you could put into words, what does it mean to you to have this city, to have this arena honor you with a statue of...

We won't hear much about it. there is an argument to be made that sometimes it is more effective to deal with the things in a private room rather than splashing it in somebody's face. we'll see if there is impact, if that is the case. so far, for instance, in egypt, there are some americans who are being held. egyptian americans being held prisoner. their case was raised by human rights groups this week for the president and he said nothing about it publicly. in private, his aides said he'll probably talk about it in private. we've seen no action on the part of egypt. we'll see whether that cr...

>> i was very lucky to get into kite boarding. i did it for myself and got sponsored by two different companies and finally started my own kite company. >> kite boarding combines the appeal of boarding, riding the waves, with the pleasures of flying through the air on the kite. >> the main thing with kite boarding is the jumping, is the hang time. everything happens up there in the air. >> kite boarders can spin, pop off stationary obstacles and get really big air. >> i like the -- how you call it, the adrenaline. i like pushing the limits. but of course, you have also the chance of getting hu...