A review of this week’s Winning Time, “Pieces of a Man,” coming up just as soon as my weasel watches this… Though Magic Johnson was the flashy new addition to this Lakers roster, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the face of the team. He was perhaps the greatest college basketball player ever, …
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A review of this week’s Winning Time, “Who the F**k is Jack McKinney,” coming up just as soon as we kill the duck… If not for the unfortunate fact of HBO’s longtime pay-cable rival having the same name, Winning Time would have come into this world known as Showtime. That’s …
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“The Swan” begins a dozen years after the events of the rest of the episode. Earvin Johnson Jr., better known to the world as Magic, is sitting in a doctor’s office, anxiously rubbing his hands, whispering inaudibly to himself. As he exits, the nurses and other staff gaze on him …
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In the fourth episode of HBO’s new drama Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, first-time NBA head coach Jack McKinney (Tracy Letts) lets us in on his vision for how he wants to use his new position to transform the way basketball is played. He compares old-school offense …
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