Summary
There was a game in the rugged "grab and hold" Venezuela League where -- after he'd slammed home yet another rim-rattling dunk -- he caught the menacing stare of a pair of rival fans just beyond the basket and watched as they slowly pulled up the fronts of their shirts to reveal pistols in their waistbands.
When he went to Israel to play, he said he was handed his gear -- which included a gas mask. In Greece, the fans of one team built "rally fires' " in the top seating section of the arena. In Uruguay - - where he was the league's player of the year this past season -- other teams' fans often crowded close to the court to heckle.See the full content of this document
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Benson's Odyssey Included Jail and a Worldwide Stage
Yet, when you ask Lee Benson which of those stops has been the toughest place to play basketball, the oncederailed, 6-foot-11 star from Dunbar High smiles, then shakes his shaved head:
"All that was nothin'."And after a couple moments of silent hesitation, he pulls up his own shirt, revealing a spidery web of long, thin scars across his sculpted ebony chest, souvenirs from a game at the...See the full content of this document
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