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description: Bingo!: 40 Years in the NBA is the memoir of legendary Los Angeles Clippers and sports broadcaster Ralph Lawler. The book covers Lawler's extraordinary life and career from his childhood in Peoria Illinois; through his time at Bradley University; to the beginning of his sports announcing career at the Riverside International Raceway; his years spent in Philadelphia with the Flyers Phillies and 76ers; his years in San Diego with the Sails and the Chargers; and culminating in his 40-year career with the Clippers. Along the way basketball and the NBA is the focus of the book with Lawler's observations and stories about players coaches and teams from the 1940s through his retirement at the close of the 2019 season forming the core of the book. Included among the myriad stories and reflections will be his relationships with NBA legend Bill Walton infamous Clippers owner Donald Sterling Clippers GM and NBA great Elgin Baylor and a variety of famous players and coaches from throughout the NBA. As Lawler used to famously say from behind the microphone Fasten your seatbelts! Bingo! is a fun-filled journey through professional basketball with plenty of Oh me Oh my! moments and the definitive answer to the burning question all NBA fans want to know: Is there any truth to Lawler's Law?
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title: Bingo!: Forty Years in the NBA
publisher: Santa Monica Press