“Alley-oop” was invented by a couple of college students at Oklahoma Baptist University.  Others say that David Thompson and his teammates Monte Tow and Tim Stoddard at North Carolina State University.  Arguably, the most famous alley-oop in basketball was North Carolina State’s last-second shot against the University of Houston.  At the end of regulation, Derek Whittenberg took a shot from the top of the key.  The shot was short, but Lorenzo Charles was already in the air.  Charles took the ball from the air and stuffed it through the net to win the game.  In the 1990’s the alley-oop became a very popular quick-score option for teams on a fast break, or for teams that can isolate on of their low-post stars on a quick roll off the defender.  The term “alley-oop” comes from a French term allez hop.  The word was used by French acrobats before they leapt into the air.  The term was actually first used in the NFL.  San Francisco 49er receiver R.C. Owens could often outjump the smaller cornerbacks he had covering him.  The jump Owens would use to catch the pass became known as an alley-oop.  Then, the term was born.  A bit later, the term started to be used exclusively for basketball moves.  Kane Pepi  https://www.business2community.com/sports/a-brief-history-of-the-alley-oop-066031 

Alley Oop is a syndicated comic strip created December 5, 1932, by American cartoonist V. T. Hamlin, who wrote and drew the strip through four decades for Newspaper Enterprise Association.  Hamlin introduced a cast of colorful characters and his storylines entertained with a combination of adventure, fantasy, and humor.  Alley Oop, the strip's title character, is a sturdy citizen in the prehistoric kingdom of Moo.  He rides his pet dinosaur Dinny, carries a stone axe, and wears only a fur loincloth.  Alley Oop's name was most likely derived from the French phrase allez, hop!   In the 1933 press release that accompanied the launching of the strip with its new distributor NEA, Hamlin was quoted as saying "I really can't recall just how I struck upon the name 'Alley Oop', although it might be from the fact that the name is a French term used by tumblers.  Alley Oop really is a roughhouse tumbler."  The name of Alley's girlfriend, Ooola, was a play on a different French phrase, oh là là.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alley_Oop

Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana.   The population was 50,474 at the 2020 census.  The relatively small city has provided a unique place for noted Modern architecture and public art, commissioning numerous works since the mid-20th century; the annual program Exhibit Columbus celebrates this legacy.  Located about 40 mi (64 km) south of Indianapolis, on the east fork of the White River, it is the state's 20th-largest city.  Columbus is the headquarters of the engine company Cummins, Inc. in 2004 the city was named as one of "The Ten Most Playful Towns" by Nick Jr. Family Magazine.  In the July 2005 edition of GQ magazine, Columbus was named as one of the "62 Reasons to Love Your Country".  Columbus won the national contest "America in Bloom" in 2006,  and in late 2008, National Geographic Traveler ranked Columbus 11th on its historic destinations list, describing the city as "authentic, unique, and unspoiled."  Columbus has been home to many manufacturing companies, including Noblitt-Sparks Industries, which built radios under the Arvin brand in the 1930s, and Arvin Industries, now Meritor, Inc.  After merging with Meritor Automotive on July 10, 2000, the headquarters of the newly created ArvinMeritor Industries was established in Troy, Michigan, the home of parent company, Rockwell International.  It was announced in February 2011 that the company name would revert to Meritor, Inc.  Cummins, Inc. is by far the region's largest employer, and the Infotech Park in Columbus^[ accounts for a sizable number of research jobs in the city itself.  Just south of Columbus are the North American headquarters of Toyota Material  Handling, U.S.A., Inc., the world's largest material handling (forklift) manufacturer.  Other notable industries include architecture, a discipline for which Columbus is famous worldwide.  The late J. Irwin Miller (then president and chairman of Cummins Engine Company) launched the Cummins Foundation, a charitable program that helps subsidize a large number of architectural projects throughout the city by up-and-coming engineers and architects.  Early in the 20th century, Columbus also was home to a number of pioneering car manufacturers, including Reeves, which produced the unusual four-axle Octoauto and the twin rear-axle Sextoauto, both around 1911.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus,_Indiana 

Tom Gauld on how librarians might take over the world   See comic strip at https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2018/aug/17/tom-gauld-on-how-librarians-might-take-over-the-world-cartoon   

Richard Lee’s Cartoons:  Illustrations of Librarian Humor  Posted on January 25, 2018 by Sarah Brewer  https://www.library.illinois.edu/ala/2018/01/25/richard-lees-cartoons-illustrations-of-librarian-humor/   

As the U.S. Open gets under way, in Queens, revisit John McPhee’s classic “Levels of the Game,” which centers on the thrilling semifinal match of the 1968 Open between Arthur Ashe and Clark Graebner.  Its insights into the precise details of tennis are as fresh as ever—even as it offers a glimpse of a bygone era of big-time sports.  Back then, both men had day jobs:  Graebner was a paper salesman, and Ashe was a lieutenant in the Army.  First prize in the tournament was fourteen grand, which Ashe, the eventual winner, had to forego, because he was still registered as an amateur.  This year’s winner will get $2.6 million.  The New Yorker  August 29, 2022 

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