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Was Don Kessinger the best Ole Miss athlete ever? So glad you asked.


By Rick Cleveland
Apr 21, 2021 5:40 PM
Don Kessinger batted .400 for his Ole Miss career, but he was even better known for his fielding ability. (Ole Miss athletics)
Greatest athlete in Ole Miss history? My guess in 99% of Rebels would blurt “Archie Manning” before the question is completed.
Hard to argue: Manning was an All American quarterback and also an outstanding shortstop in baseball. And then there’s Jake Gibbs, also an All American quarterback so gifted in baseball the New York Yankees paid him $100,000 to sign to play baseball instead of football. That was back when Mickey Mantle was the highest paid player in baseball at a salary of 100 grand. ....

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The End of the Original ABA | The Saturday Evening Post


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Today, the American Basketball Association is preparing for its All-Star Game and Final Eight Tournament, to be played April 15 to April 18 in St. Louis, Missouri. But 45 years ago in 1976, the original incarnation of the ABA was coming to an end. After its final series of playoffs, four of the remaining teams would be rolled into the National Basketball Association. The influx of teams and talent, and the eventual absorption of the ABA’s three-point line, would add excitement to the NBA on the way to the league’s explosive burst of popularity in the 1980s.
The original ABA launched in 1967. While the various owners did want to field a competitive league, they also eyed the notion of merging with the pre-existing NBA at a future date. The idea was predicated on the fact that an ABA buy-in was much smaller, and that owners would stand to make much more if their team transitioned to the other league. The ABA also targeted cities and states that had no NBA market at ....

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Bay Area's first pro basketball champion wasn't the Warriors - and the team left town 3 months later


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Rick Barry meets with Oakland Oaks owner Pat Boone on Oct. 13, 1967. Amid a string of court battles with the Warriors over his rights, Barry played just 35 games in two seasons with the Oaks.ApShow MoreShow Less
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An Oakland Oaks team photo during their first season, when they finished 22-56.Jerry Telfer/sfcShow MoreShow Less
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The Oakland Oaks of the American Basketball Association are a footnote in Bay Area sports history. But the headlines they made are the stuff of legend. ....

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