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You know those kids who make their own sound effects when they play hoops?A woosh when they cross it over, and an errrrrr when they stop on a dime. That was my buddy, Tim, while we were growing up in the suburbs some 20 miles southwest of the Wells Fargo Center (back then it was the First Union Center, which Philadelphia fans proudly referred to as the FU Center). The effects were the only way we could feel like Allen Iverson.The guy who entered the league in 1996 with a signature sneaker (the Reebok Question), a signature move (the crossover) and a memorable moniker (The Answer) that funneled absurd amounts of attention to him at a time when Michael Jordan was still in his prime. The guy who had the ability to cover 94 feet in a flash, as if he had the powers of Raiden from Mortal Kombat.The guy who kept it so 100 that he surpassed Mr. 100 himself, Wilt Chamberlain, during his rookie season by having five-straight 40-point games, besting Chamberlains previous record for a rook.Tim would also mimic Iversons first commercial for the Questions?-- featuring authentic Philadelphians put on camera to query Phillys bright, young star.Yo, Allen, whats up with the shoes, man? Tim would say, just like the people in the ad, as he shifted from pretending he was A.I. to pretending he was the people watching him pretend to be A.I.The spot was a modern take on Mars Blackmons Is it the shoes? pestering of Air Jordan. Only instead of Spike Lee in character, you had real people and an off-the-cuff Iverson laughing, smiling, dribbling and dripping swag in a backward hat. It was Iversons first national ad for Reebok, and it set the agenda for what he would be about.You could see early on that Iverson was destined for superstardom. Even before the tattoos and the cornrows and the chains and the do-rags made him a cultural icon, there was something special about this little guards handles and heart.Allen always tells this story, said Tzvi Twersky, a fellow Philly native who came up working for Slam Magazine and is one of Iversons closest confidants.His coming-of-age moment, outside of getting drafted, he always talks about driving down City Line [Avenue] in the backseat of a limo, and he saw some kid rocking the Questions on the street, and he said he rolled down the window, and thats when he knew he had made it. That was the biggest moment of his life. ... Outside of his career and his family, its his third greatest accomplishment. A Hall of Famer, a father and the Question.Complexs Russ Bengston -- another Slam alumnus and considered by many as the godfather of sneakerheads in the media -- brought up the moment when the Question became an unquestioned piece of basketball history.The signature moment for that shoe was obviously him crossing up Jordan, Bengston said. At that point, its like, who is the new kid that a lot of the young kids are checking for crossing up the super-established, everyone-knows-is-the-best-player-in-the-league guy, and crossing him over not once, but twice.It was just like, Holy s---. Weve never seen anything like this before.As much as we were rubbernecking to see the barely 6-foot, 175-pound warrior battling amongst the trees -- as Sixers play-by-play man Marc Zumoff would describe it -- we also had to see what were on his feet. If Nikes familiar Air Max technology was NASA, looking at Reeboks honeycomb heel (dubbed Hexalite technology) and pearlized red toe on the Questions was like floating through the Mir space station.And the shoe continues its orbit two decades later.Other stars from Iversons draft class have passed him in sheer achievement (Kobe Bryant), overachiever status (Steve Nash) and craft perfection (Ray Allen), but none have a totem like the Questions that captured the excitement of the whirlwind of their arrival.Nike Air Max Womens . The Vikings announced Thursday that Priefer will be one of seven holdovers from the previous staff, along with offensive line coach Jeff Davidson, wide receivers coach George Stewart and others. Norv Turner will mark his 30th year of coaching in the NFL as the offensive co-ordinator, as widely reported for weeks, and George Edwards will be the defensive co-ordinator. Cheap Red Air Max . 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Nike Air Max 95 Sale . -- If this was Aaron Gordons final home game at Arizona, and it almost certainly was, then he went out in style.DURHAM, N.C. -- Malcolm Bell hit LaVontis Smith on a 42-yard scoring strike early in the fourth quarter and Dorrel McClain broke for a 25-yard score with 4:54 remaining as North Carolina Central slogged its way to a 17-13 come-from-behind win over Florida A&M on Saturday.Neither team could mount an offensive charge on the rain-soaked field in the first half as the Rattlers were ahead 5-3 at the break. Florida A&M had 46 total yards and the Eagles (4-2, 3-0 Mid-Eastern) totaled 14 yards at the break.Bell finished witth 87 passing and 61 rushing yards and McClain had 86 rushing yards for NCCU, which totaled 219 yards while limiting the Rattlers (1-5, 1-2) to 112 yards.ddddddddddddTrailing 10-5 midway in the fourth, Florida A&Ms Devin Bowers slipped his way down the sideline from the 18 for a score and a 13-10 lead following the 2-point conversion. The Eagles answered four plays later on McClains score. ' ' '