Championship Stories

The NBA finals in 1969, Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers, seven games for the title, is recounted by author Leigh Montville, who covered the series as a 25-year-old reporter for the Boston Globe, and wrote about it in his latest book, "Tall Men, Short Shorts."

interviews with Lynn resident Ozzie Gauvain and Agganis biographer Richard Johnson

Source: "One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, An Unlikely Coach, And a Magical Baseball Season", by Chris Ballard, 2012, Hyperion

primary source: "The Longest Shot: Jack Fleck, Ben Hogan, and Pro Golf's Greatest Upset at the 1955 U.S. Open", by Neil Sagebiel, Thomas Dunne Books, 2012

Sophia Popov was ranked 304th among women pro golfers when she won the AIG Women's British Open in August 2020. Her first LPGA victory in 5 1/2 years as a pro came after she was laid low by a debilitating disease and almost quit golf.