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	Darrell Griffith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Darrell Steven Griffith (born June 16, 1958 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a former NBA basketball player who spent his entire career with the Utah Jazz.
		Griffith, the NBA Rookie of the Year in 1981, played for the Jazz for 11 seasons and ultimately had his number 35 retired by the team on December 4, 1993.
		He was nicknamed Dr. Dunkenstein for aerial exploits.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Darrell_Griffith (114 words)

	ESPN Classic - Classic catches up with Dr. Dunkenstein
		Darrell "Dr. Dunkenstein" Griffith electrified crowds throughout his college and professional career.
		Born in Louisville, Ky., Griffith decided to attend his hometown school of the University of Louisville.
		Griffith has had his number "35" retired by both the Cardinals and the Jazz.
	espn.go.com /classic/s/Where_now_griffith_darrell.html (1360 words)

	The Sporting News: History of the NCAA College Basketball Tourney
		Not only was Darrell Griffith regarded as the finest prep player in America in the winter of 1976, but he also was said to be one of the best ever -- in a league with the young Oscar Robertson and Jerry West.
		Griffith, the driving force behind the "Doctors of Dunk," totaled 34 points, six assists, three steals, two blocked shots and at least one astonished opponent.
		Griffith hadn't won several championships, but he had won one, and that was one more than Louisville had won before.
	tsn.sportingnews.com /archives/ncaa/1980.html (1608 words)

	NameTraq \| Last Name: Griffith
		Judge John Griffith Williams QC heard she had an "unhealthy interest" in violent DVD films, and there was a risk of her striking again.
		Griffith City Council mayor Mike Neville has indicated he intends to seek another term as mayor at the local government elections at the end of March.
		GRIFFITH — Coming into the Lake County Wrestling Championship, the 112-pound weight class was perhaps thought to be the marquee one.
	nametraq.com /genealogy_jan04/G/Griffith.shtml (2495 words)

	KSDK NewsChannel 5 - Where The News Comes First (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Besides O'Bannon and Griffith's high school connection, both teams had a freshman starting on their front line and two starters from the New York City area.
		Griffith, the 6-foot-4 guard who led the 1980 champions in scoring, spent up to three hours after each practice dribbling around folding chairs and shooting over volleyball stands.
		Griffith said even if Louisville brings home a championship on Monday night, his team's accomplishment will always stand alone.
	www.ksdk.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=77490 (754 words)

	JAZZ: All Time History
		Griffith, a 6-4 guard, was both a high-flying slam dunker (he was nicknamed "Dr. Dunkenstein") and a deadly three-point shooter.
		Griffith averaged 20.6 points and was named NBA Rookie of the Year.
		Darrell Griffith broke a bone in his foot while playing in a pickup game and was lost for the year.
	www.nba.com /jazz/history/00400490.html (10397 words)

	Utah Jazz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		With the #2 draft pick in 1980, they obtained Darrell Griffith from the University of Louisville.
		During the 1980-1981 season, Frank Layden became the head coach, and in 1982, the Jazz selected big man Mark Eaton in the fourth round of the draft.
		Throughout the early 1990s, the Jazz's playoff woes continued, with the Jazz losing in the first round in 1990 to the Phoenix Suns and in the second round in 1991 to the Portland Trail Blazers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Utah_Jazz (1801 words)

	Drug questions cloud memory, career of FloJo
		Florence Griffith Joyner's death is a tragedy, but we need the whole truth, even if it is terrible.
		Bob Kersee, her brother-in-law and long-time coach, stood on a makeshift stage Tuesday at UCLA and declared that none of the steroid allegations against Griffith Joyner were ever proven and that none of his athletes had ever failed a drug test.
		Though Florence Griffith Joyner had won a silver medal in the 1984 Summer Games, she returned from a brief retirement four years later with a new layer of muscle and unprecedented movement.
	www.enquirer.com /columns/sullivan/1998/09/092498ts.html (680 words)

	Storage Networking World Online - Why Implement Storage Networks? - Q&A: USA Today discusses its comprehensive ...
		Darrell Griffith is senior infrastructure architect within USA Today's Infrastructure Technology Group.
		Griffith: There were a couple of speed bumps relating to code issues that we initially encountered when we rolled out the NetApp F740s.
		Griffith: We have not done a formal calculation on ROI with this particular project, but I can tell you, anecdotally speaking, that it's beginning to pay off in a big way now.
	www.snwonline.com /implement/usa_today_05-13-2002.asp (2043 words)

	deseretnews.com \| #35 worked for Durrant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		We began following Darrell Griffith when he was a sophomore in high school.
		After Darrell graduated from high school, I left Kentucky and started my high school career at Provo High.
		I was thrilled when jerseys were passed out at the beginning of my sophomore basketball season and I got my favorite number — 35 — the same number as Darrell Griffith.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,405027907,00.html (216 words)

	Basketball Web Page
		Aquiring Dantley, along with drafting Darrell Griffith the next year, proved to be a wise move, as Griffith and Dantley led the Jazz to their first winning season in 1983.
		They proved to be the new backbone of the organization, surpassing most of the franchise records set before their arrival.
		Playing first with Dantley and Griffith and then with Ricky Green and Mark Eaton, the Jazz's prolific duo kept producing and helping to send Utah to the playoffs year after year.
	www.utahjazzcentral.freehomepage.com /photo4.html (468 words)

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		With a 48-inch vertical leap, Darrell Griffith became known as Dr. Dunkenstein.
		Griffith, the player of the year, added the Final Four most outstanding player award with a game-high 23 points.
		The next day, Griffith placed one of the game nets around the neck of a friend, Jerry Stringer, who was dying from cancer.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/century/032499.htm (381 words)

	Sports: March Madness
		At right: Darrell Griffith, who led the Cardinals to an NCAA title in 1980, was later named National Player of the Year.
		He remains one of only four Cardinal players (along with Wes Unseld, Darrell Griffith, and Pervis Ellison) to have their numbers retired at Louisville.
		Led by the stellar play of Griffith, who was later named Player of the Year, the Cards defeated Crum’s alma mater UCLA to win their first NCAA championship.
	www.louisville.edu /ur/ucomm/mags/spring98/sports/sports.htm (1870 words)

	U of L magazine --- High 25!
		"Darrell had an unbelievable dunk in that game," recalls Brown, who is now a director of student welfare in the U of L athletic department.
		All of the events remembering U of L's first national championship had one thing in common-- they showed the special bond the city has with the 1980 Cards and the special bond the teammates have with each other.
		Darrell Griffith, who earned a communication degree in 1980, is founder and president of Metro Enterprises, a warehousing and distribution network in Louisville.
	www.louisville.edu /ur/ucomm/mags/spring2005/high-25.html (1244 words)

	USA Basketball: Men's World University Games History --1977
		6'4" Darrell Griffith (Louisville), 6'4" Freeman Williams (Portland State), 6'4" Sidney Moncrief (Arkansas),and 6'9" Larry Bird (Indiana State) were just some of the players who helped lead the Americans to a sparkling 8-0 record and the gold medal.
		Behind 20 points from Griffith, the USA opened with a 136-57 romp over Belgium, then Griffith scored 22 in a U.S. win over Kuwait.
		With Williams scoring 19 points and Griffith adding 15, the U.S. maintained its perfect record by defeating Brazil 103-81.
	www.usabasketball.com /history/mwug_1977.html (457 words)

	CNN/SI - College Basketball - History of the Final Four
		The Cardinals started four underclassmen with Griffith, a senior—but he was just about all they needed.
		Surprise Performance: Louisville's Tony Branch, a reserve who was in the game only because Griffith had fouled out, beat Kansas State in the second round with what SI called a "twisting, leaning, off-balance 15-footer"—just his 30th attempt of the year.
		It's a Small World: Each team had a tie to John Wooden: The Wizard graduated from Purdue and coached UCLA, where one of his players was Louisville coach Denny Crum; and during World War II Wooden was a naval pre-flight training school instructor at Iowa.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /basketball/college/finalfour_history/1980 (414 words)

	KUsports.com - : Similarities abound for Cardinals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The former Cardinals have spent the last two months commemorating the silver anniversary of the school's first championship, and they see striking similarities in the current Cardinals.
		Louisville's Darrell Griffith flashes the No. 1 sign as he's carried by teammates and fans after his team won the 1980 NCAA championship in Indianapolis.
		They routinely arrive at Louisville's practice facility before sunrise or after midnight and fire hundreds of shots in the empty gym.
	www.kusports.com /news/05ncaas/story/113950 (629 words)

	Cards to Recognize Silver Anniversary of '80 NCAA Champs :: 1980 NCAA Championship Team, Cardinal Basketball Legends ...
		The 1979-80 Cardinals, who posted a 33-3 overall record, were guided by future Hall of Fame Coach Denny Crum and led by national player of the year Darrell Griffith, who averaged 22.9 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists.
		Four players who scored over 1,000 career points at U of L were members of that team, including Griffith (2,333 points, U of L's all-time leading scorer), the late Derek Smith (1,826), Jerry Eaves (1,250) and Rodney McCray (1,247).
		Darrell Griffith was the 1980 Player of the Year.
	www.cstv.com /sports/m-baskbl/stories/012605aau.html (401 words)

	Official Utah Jazz Jerseys - Web Showcase
		A mountain scene took the place of the previous logo the musical note J was gone in favour of simply JAZZ.
		Over 20 years ago on 3/7/74, this club became the eighteenth club belonging to the NBA in exchange for a six million plus fee.
		That means that they would still have Darrell Griffith, Jeff Hornacek, Thurl Bailey, Truck Robinson, and Rich Kelley in reserve.
	www.benchjockey.com /Utah_Jazz_Team.html (484 words)

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		JAZZ 103, WARRIORS 100 -- Darrell Griffith scored 14 of his 25 in the fourth quarter as host Utah took a 2-0 lead in its best-of-five Western Conference series.
		Utah blew a 63-42 lead but rallied to go ahead for good on Griffith's basket with 34 seconds left.
		A fan went after Short, prompting Golden State coach George Karl to charge after the fan before he was restrained by a security guard.
	www.duke.edu /~ggh1/gswuta2.txt (128 words)

	Woodenaward.com
		Only Pervis Ellison (1985-89), DeJuan Wheat (1993-97) and Darrell Griffith (1976-80) -- U of L's top three career scorers -- scored more in their initial three seasons for the Cardinals than Gaines' 1,371 career points.
		Only Pervis Ellison (1985-89), DeJuan Wheat (1993-97) and Darrell Griffith (1976-80) -- U of L's top three career scorers -- scored more in their initial three seasons than Gaines' 1,371 career points.
		Only the second U of L player in 30 years to average over 20 points a game and the most since Darrell Griffith averaged 22.9 points in the Cards' 1980 NCAA Championship season.
	www.woodenaward.com /playersDetails.cfm?PlayerID=96 (1101 words)

	Utah History Encyclopedia
		It marked the first-ever playoff appearance, and that was just the beginning, because in the subsequent eight years the Jazz were one of only seven NBA teams to make the playoffs each spring.
		In 1984, the Jazz cleaned up on postseason individual honors, becoming the first team ever to have four separate players win NBA league individual titles: Adrian Dantley (scoring), Mark Eaton (blocks), Rickey Green (steals) and Darrell Griffith (three-point field shoot accuracy).
		General Manager Frank Layden, who had assumed the duel responsibility of coach on 10 December 1981, was named NBA Coach of the Year and of the NBA Walter Kennedy Award for contributions to the community.
	www.media.utah.edu /UHE/u/UTAHJAZZ.html (1557 words)

	Utah Jazz (1979-Present)
		One of Layden's first moves was to acquire high scoring forward Adrian Dantley from the Los Angeles Lakers who finished 3rd in the league in scoring with 28.0 ppg.
		The Jazz selected Darrell Griffith with the second overall pick in the NBA draft together with Adrian Dantley the duo would give the Jazz a solid 1-2 scoring punch as Dantley won the league scoring title with 30.7 ppg, and Griffith took Rookie of the Year honors with 20.6 ppg.
		However, Dantley had some help this time as Mark Eaton led the NBA in blocked shots, Rickey Green led the league in steals, and Darrell Griffith led the league in 3-point shooting.
	www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nba/utah/jazz.html (3704 words)

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		In December 1982, over the course of two games, the Jazz set what is believed to be an unofficial NBA record for what?
		Adrian Dantley (scoring), Mark Eaton (blocked shots), Darrell Griffith (three-point accuracy) and Rickey Green (steals).
		The Jazz made 50 consecutive free throws - their last 11 in a 119-111 loss to Golden State on Dec. 5, then 39 more in a 137-121 loss to Portland.
	www.sltrib.com /portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=2533865 (218 words)

	USATODAY.com - Making a case for best prep tournaments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Before Chipper Jones earned a World Series ring, before Dan Gable and Herb Brooks and Marion Jones hit Olympic gold, before Darrell Griffith was Dr. Dunkenstein and Alex Rodriguez was A-Rod, they took star turns on the biggest stages in high school sports.
		In baseball, that's the Florida state tournament in Sarasota (where Jones was the losing pitcher in baseball's 1990 final and Rodriguez won it all two years later).
		In boys' basketball, it's Kentucky's all-comers championship (where Griffith wrote a 1975 prelude to his and Louisville's 1980 NCAA title).
	www.usatoday.com /sports/preps/2005-05-22-top-championship-events_x.htm (2292 words)

	USA Basketball: USA WORLD INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT TEAM -- 1978
		The USA opened the second stanza with a 16-2, five minute run, that widened the gap to 71-42 with 15 minutes to play and the USA cruised to the win.
		Givens again headed the USA charge with 15 points and was followed by Darrell Griffith with 14, and Mocrief with 13.
		Givens and Moncreif, the USA's top two scorers for the World Invitational Tournament, along with Yugoslavia stars Dragan Kicanovic and Drazen Dalipagic, and the Soviet Union's Sergi Belov, were named to the All-Tournament Team.
	www.usabasketball.com /history/mwit_1978.html (619 words)

	UIowa - Papers of Paul Corey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		It includes letters from: Clarence A. Andrews, Buel Griffith Beems, Jack Conroy, Phyllis Crawford, August Derleth, John T. Frederick, Philip Gerber, Granville Hicks, Darrell Huff, Ruth Lechlitner, Frank Luther Mott, and Jerre Mangione.
		Including letters from: Buel Griffith Beems, Darrell Huff, and Elizabeth Clarkson Zwart.
		Beems, Buel Griffith: I i (2);I iii (1);I iv (2);I v (7);I vi (1); I viii (2);III iii (1);XXVI xv (2); XLIV iii (2)
	www.lib.uiowa.edu /spec-coll/MSC/ToMsC600/MsC585/Corey.htm (3509 words)

	SPORTS - COLLEGE SPORTS - Comcast.net
		Few Division I-A programs - including Louisville - were interested in O'Bannon when he came out of Louisville's Male High School, where former Cardinals great Darrell Griffith played.
		He also delivered the graduation speech at his elementary school and tries to personally respond to a growing number of letters from fans.
		"I definitely feel that's a responsibility, being from here and seeing what Darrell Griffith and the local heroes, what they've done for the university and then what they go back and do in the community," O'Bannon said.
	www.comcast.net /sports/colleges/index.jsp?cat=COLLEGESPORTS&fn=/2005/03/30/93739.html (642 words)

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		Veteran observers of basketball in Louisville never thought they would see the day when another Ralph Beard or Darrell Griffith would come out of Male High School.
		O'Bannon doesn't have the swagger of the supremely confident Griffith, the Most Valuable Player when he led Denny Crum's Cardinals to the school's first national championship in 1980.
		Nor does he have the quickness or run-through-a-wall eagerness of Beard, a four-time All-American who led the University of Kentucky to three national championships, helped the USA to Olympic gold medals, and made first-team All-NBA.
	www2.louisville.com /news60821665.aspx (501 words)

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