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Throwback Thursday (1970): Dean “The Dream” Meminger and Gary “Goose” Brell pose in blue-and-gold bumblebee warmups outside Marquette University's St. Joan of Arc Chapel. Photo courtesy of University Archives.

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The Eagles Have Landed | Marquette Basketball 1969-1970 Marquette University retired No. 11 basketball jersey in honor of the Apollo 11 crew. Here's the back story.

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Throwback Thursday 1970: Dean “The Dream” Meminger and Gary “Goose” Brell pose in blue-and-gold bumblebee warmups near Marquette University’s Lalumiere Hall. 

Photo courtesy of University Archives.

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Birdman Has Some Respek Due

Birdman Has Some Respek Due

If you’re a descendant of enslaved Africans, you know for a fact that the very language you speak is working against you.

There are harshly negative connotations associated with the word “black”, the word “Africa”, even the word “slave”, which was originally introduced into world vernacular to describe those central, Germanic or “Slavic” Europeans conscripted into servitude by the Roman Empire…

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Dean Meminger

May 13, 1948 – August 23, 2013

Meminger was also the MVP of the 1970 National Invitation Tournament, in which Marquette beat Pete Maravich and LSU 101-79 in the semi-finals before defeating St. John's 65-53 in the title game. Meminger was drafted in the first round (number 16 overall) of the 1971 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks, with whom he played from 1971 to 1974 and 1976-1977.

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A relaxed bunch of Knicks -- (from left, around table) Walt Frazier, Phil Jackson, Dick Barnett, Jerry Lucas, Dean Meminger and captain Willis Reed -- sit around a projector with Red Holzman at Madison Square Garden before the NBA Eastern division championship in 1973. The Knicks went on to win a championship that season. (Paul DeMaria/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

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