71.   What else, for example, could account for the huge popularity of the former basketball player Dennis Rodman, sometimes combining dyed green hair with feather boas?

72.   Whitmarsh, who like Dodd is a former collegiate basketball player and NBA draft pick, lists Michael Jordan as his favorite athlete.

73.   Why did this former basketball star and Senate veteran turn out to be such a dismal candidate?

74.   With former basketball star Bill Bradley running a plausible campaign, their party seemed to face a potentially divisive contest that could last until the party convention next summer.

75.   A former assistant basketball coach at Indiana has filed a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages from Bob Knight and the school.

76.   A lawyer for former basketball star Jayson Williams has denied a newspaper report that his client was playfully handling a gun when a limousine driver was fatally shot.

77.   A Las Vegas sports agent pleaded guilty Monday to charges that he illegally paid former Auburn basketball player Chris Porter.

78.   Allegations against Hubert Webb, son of former basketball star Sen. Freddie Webb, and the others have dominated newspaper headlines even though none has yet been arrested.

79.   American-born former basketball player Perry Crosswhite was Tuesday appointed to the new position of general manager of the Australian Commonwealth Games Association.

80.   Among the many former OSU basketball players who attended were Desmond Mason, Joe Adkins, Alex Webber, Brian Montonati and Scott Pierce.