Sports Notebook: NBA bubble may live on, and R.I.P. ‘Gibby’
Bob Gibson (in a 2017 file photo) died Friday, Oct. 2, which was 52 years to the day that he struck out 17 Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of the 1968 World Series. (Jeff Roberson/AP)
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Don Wade has been a Memphis journalist since 1998 and he has won awards for both his sports and news/feature writing. He is originally from Kansas City and is married with three sons.
Also: Vince Carter is a good sport, and this is what Patrick Mahomes should be called.
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