It’s hardly a secret in basketball circles that Hall of Fame coach and executive Arnold “Red” Auerbach was a decidedly un-gracious winner – and an even worse loser. He was free with his annoyed bewilderment, for example, when a Wilt-led 76er squad was chosen as the best team of the NBA’s formative decades.
The autocratic Auerbach’s most vitriolic venom was reserved for an owner who dared to conduct basketball business unilaterally. To Red’s way of thinking, when it came to basketball matters the owner worked for him.
So, when the Kentucky Fried Chicken and future Governor Y.