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The Ways Kermit Washington Was Made And UnmadeThis piece originally appeared in the December 1981 issue of Inside Sports. It also appeared in The Breaks Of The Game, and it reprinted here with permission....

Stories That Don't Suck: David Halberstam On Maurice Lucas And The Powers That Be Scared ShitlessOccasionally, we'll select stories — old and new, sports and otherwise, relevant and merely sublime — that we urge you to read for one reason or another. Today: the late Maurice Lucas, menacing the whistle right out of a ref's mouth....