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![The Gambling Cop Who Outshined Basketball Royalty](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/1384174408862540354.jpg)
The Gambling Cop Who Outshined Basketball Royalty
Editors’ note: On initial publication, this post consisted of a reprint of Pete Axthelm’s 1967 Sports Illustrated story “When The Real McGuire Stood Up.” After publication, we were made aware that a permission given by Axthelm’s family to reprint his work did not extend to this article, as we had mi...
![When Ken Stabler Was A Country-Music Lyric Come To Life](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/1338796042500101925.jpg)
When Ken Stabler Was A Country-Music Lyric Come To Life
This article was originally published in the September 1980 issue of Inside Sports and appears here with permission....