Painter called Beard about an opening coaching in the ABA, Beard thought the obvious. The ABA? The league with the red, white and blue basketball that merged with NBA in the 1970's? This ABA was ...

It made your heart beat just a little bit faster when you hit a 25-footer with the ABA ball.” -Loose Balls by Terry Pluto Jason Pietra The basketball is scuffed and scruffy, its provenance ...