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On this day: Boston's Saul Mariaschin born, Bevo Nordmann passes, Cs react to Blake shooting
On this day in Boston Celtics history, guard Saul Mariaschin was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1924. Mariaschin played his college ball at Syracuse and Harvard University. While at Harvard, he also played baseball and was a teammate of future United States President George H.W. Bush.
He helped drive the Crimson to a 19-1 record and their sole NCAA Tournament appearance until the 2011-12 team that was led by Jeremy Lin. The Brooklyn native was drafted 63rd in the 1947 Basketball Association of America (BAA — a precursor league of the NBA) by the (now defunct) Washington Capitals, but he did not report to that team.
Instead, he signed with the Celtics, for whom he played one season. He was the last Harvard graduate to make an NBA or BAA postseason until Lin did it with the Houston Rockets in 2013. Mariaschin averaged 7.7 points and 1.4 assists per game. Rebounds were not yet tracked as a statistic.
There is inequalities and injustices that carry HARSH punishments for people of color !! I watched a man get shot 7 times in front of his children they will never be able to unsee what they just saw every nerve in my body is on fire
— Jaylen Brown (@FCHWPO) August 25, 2020
It is also the date of Celtics Jaylen Brown and Bill Russell weighing in on the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a black Minnesota resident killed by police soon after the George Floyd killing that sparked nationwide protests.
Caught on video, the graphic details of the incident disturbed many profoundly, including Brown and Russell.
“There is inequalities and injustices that carry HARSH punishments for people of color!!” related the Georgia native in response to the incident. “I watched a man get shot seven times in front of his children they will never be able to unsee what they just saw every nerve in my body is on fire.”
“Amen!” tweeted Russell in reply to a similar reaction by Utah Jazz wing Donovan Mitchell. “This has to stop!”
Finally, it is also the date former Boston big man Robert William “Bevo” Nordmann died in 2015.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1939, Nordmann played collegiately with St. Louis before being drafted by the (then) Cincinnati Royals (now, Sacramento Kings).
He played with the (then) St. Louis Hawks (now, Atlanta) and New York Knicks before joining the Celtics, for whom he only appeared in 3 games.
He logged 2 points, 2.7 rebounds, and an assist per game while with the team.
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This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Celtics history: Mariaschin born, Nordmann RIP; Jacob Blake reactions
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The judge overseeing the Karen Read case has denied her motion to dismiss two of the charges against her.
Judge Beverly Cannone issued the ruling Friday.
“After careful consideration, this Court concludes that because the defendant was not acquitted of any charges and defense counsel consented to the Court’s declaration of a mistrial, double jeopardy is not implicated by retrial of the defendant,” Cannone wrote in her ruling. “The motion is therefore DENIED.”
You can read the full 21-page decision below:
Read’s defense had said in moving to dismiss the pair of charges, including second-degree murder and leaving the scene of personal injury, that five jurors have come forward — three directly to them — and confirmed the jury was only unable to agree on the manslaughter charge.
The defense argued that retrial on those two charges would violate double jeopardy protections because the jury had unanimously agreed to acquit Read on those charges.
Read’s next murder trial is set to begin in January.
The Norfolk District Attorney’s Office, which is prosecuting the Read case, released a statement Friday morning in response to Cannone’s ruling.
“We believe that the judge’s decision is consistent with almost 200 years of case law,” the statement said. “We are moving forward to trying this case January 27.”
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