{"id":90785,"date":"2021-10-28T03:20:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T03:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=90785"},"modified":"2021-11-25T22:27:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T03:27:19","slug":"nba75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=90785","title":{"rendered":"Bob Ryan\u2019s NBA 75: The Stars, The Snubs and The Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The scribe of Basketball. The Commissioner of NBA media. The Curt Gowdy Hall of Fame recipient. The Boston Globe featured columnist of 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Ryan.<\/p>\n<p>One the sharpest, most detailed memory of any journalist I\u2019ve met in my time covering the NBA. 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