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Message: [QUOTE="Blakeon18, post: 5205924, member: 35"] Great post from the past, Meyers7. This post is a repeat but for the life of me I can not remember the reporter's name. Hope someone does. Dee played in the high school all-star game in her senior high school year. All the greats in that class were in the game. It was played in the Hartford Civic Center. Dee played with obvious ability and flair...more than a bit showy and flamboyant...loosy-goosy...it WAS an all-star game after all. Post game one of the sports reporters for the Manchester Journal Inquirer was sitting somewhere down in the basement. Diana walked by...I doubt they had ever met. The reporter simply said to Dee: You can't play like that at UConn. Taurasi's answer was just as simple. I know that, Sir....then walked on. From that moment on Diana had that [olde school] reporter wrapped around her finger. I think it was simply the use of the word "Sir". Every article the reporter wrote about Dee the next 4 years contained much evidence that he really.....REALLY...admired not just her game but her character. His affection for her jumped off the pages. Dang...who was that reporter? I think he was the sports editor for the JI at that time. Researching didn't help. Anyone remember? Oddity: I think it was at that particular game that Chubby Checker's daughter played...very talented...went to Duke I believe. I sat about 2 rows behind Chubby. Whenever the camera was on him the crowd would all chant his name and TWIST. He would wave and grin...only once did he stand up and do The Twist...crowd went wild. [/QUOTE]

Verification: First name of men's bb coach