“Send it in, Jerome!”

— Bill Raftery

after Jerome Lane shattered the backboard with a slam dunk in a 1988 game that Raftery covered
[American Sportscasters Online, http://www.americansportscastersonline.com/billrafterywinsgowdyaward.html, 2010-03-26]

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