Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures.
From Bob Cousy
I won the city scoring championship as a senior.
The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.
We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.
There were riots in just about every game we played with Syracuse.
That seemed to be the case with most of the teams based in the smaller towns - the fans were more rabid, and they wanted to literally kill the opposition.
French was my first language.
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