AP Historical Hard Drive 2008

Houston Rockets Ralph Sampson (50) out stretches Boston Celtics Robert Parish (00) for a loose ball in the second period of the third game of the NBA...

Boston Celtics Larry Bird, left, with a surprise look as a loose ball goes astray during the second period of the third game of the NBA Championship,...

Julio Cesar Chavez, Culiacan, Mexico WBC Super Featherweight Champion shown June 1986. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Boston Celtics forward Larry Bird, right, drives past Rodney McCray of the Houston Rockets, left, on the way to the hoop in Boston???s 117-95 win in t...

Houston Rockets Players, from left, Ralph Sampson, Mitchell Wiggins, and Akeem Olajuwon sit on the bench during the closing minutes of the teams 117-9...

Boston Celtic Danny Ainge (44) waves a towel as Chris Ford, right, assistant coach, watches during third period play at Boston Garden, Thursday, May 2...

French Nazi hunter Beate Klarsfeld, right, hands documents to a police officer in Bonn at West Germany's chancellor, Wednesday, May 28, 1986. Beate Kl...

Boston Celtics Dennis Johnson high steps it to block a pass while Houston Rockets Allen Leavell, looks on during fourth period NBA championship action...

Boston Celtics forward Larry Bird, right, moves past Houston Rockets forward Rodney McCray, left, on the way to the basket in the second period of Bos...

Bill Walton of the Boston Celtics, right, tosses a pass in second quarter action as Akeem Olajuwon of the Houston Rockets looks on at left in NBA Cham...

Members of the Houston Rockets starting line up, from left, Akeem Olajuwon, Robert Reid, Ralph Sampson and Mitchell Wiggins react during fourth quarte...

Boston Celtics Larry Bird motors past Houston Rockets Rodney McCray, left, in first quarter NBA championship action on Monday, May 26, 1986 in Boston...

Houston Rockets Hakeem Olajuwon, right, prepares to throw a left at Los Angeles Lakers Mitch Kupchak as referee Jess Kersey, center, steps in between...

Houston Rockets center Akeem Olajuwon (34) gets knocked to the floor as Los Angeles Lakers Magic Johnson, left, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar knocks the bal...

Boston???s Rick Carlisle, left, and Sam Vincent react as Larry Bird connects on a three point shot during fourth quarter action on Sunday, May 19, 198...

Los Angeles Lakers Kareem Abdul Jabbar (33) and Houston Rockets Akeem Olajuwon (34), with the missed look, as the loose ball goes between them in the...

Bostons Bill Walton (5) heads off the court with his arms raised following the Celtics 111-98 victory over Milwaukee for the National Basketball Assoc...

Los Angeles Lakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33) the skyhook over Houston Rockets Ralph Sampson (50) in the first period of the Western NBA Playoff game in...

Houston Rockets Jim Petersen (43) takes to the table during the second half of the Western Conference NBA Playoffs in Houston on Friday, May 17, 1986....

Los Angeles Lakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33) and Houston Rockets Ralph Sampson (33) doing their pushing under the basket as Kareem moves for a basket i...

Milwaukee Bucks Sidney Moncrief finds himself surrounded by Boston Celtics Kevin McHale, left, Scott Wedmen, upper right, and Robert Parish during fou...

Houston Rockets Akeem Olajuwon (34) watches the ball go over the rim of the basket as Los Angeles Lakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33) falls away after mak...

Boston Celtics Larry Bird drives by Milwaukee Bucks Charles Davis on his way to the basket during second period NBA playoff action on Thursday night,...

Milwaukee Buck Randy Breuer reacts as he loses control of the ball as Boston Celtic Robert Parish defends during second period NBA playoff action at t...

Milwaukee Bucks Charles Davis, center, clutches the ball as Boston Celtics Dennis Johnson, right, tries to strip it during second half NBA playoff act...

Milwaukee Bucks Paul Pressey, left, puts the press on Boston Celtics Larry Bird during first period NBA Playoff Action on Thursday night, May 15, 1986...

Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez, 23, right, raises his fist in a victory gesture, wearing the world champion belt after his victory in the world titl...

Boston Celtics Danny Ainge (44) flies by Milwaukee Bucks Randy Breuer (45) during first period NBA playoff action at Boston Garden, Thursday, May 15,...

Jim Peterson, left, and Mitchell Wiggins (15) of the Houston Rockets celebrate their victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night at the Forum...

Kevin McHale of the Boston Celtics, right, goes up against Randy Breuer of the Milwaukee Bucks in second quarter NBA playoff action on Tuesday night,...

Arnold Palmer watches the flight of his tee shot during a special 9-hole skins-tournament at the Chester Valley Golf Club in Malvern, Pa., on May 13,...

Portrait of German publisher Gerd Bucerius taken on May 12, 1986 in his office in Hamburg, Germany. (AP Photo/Heribert Proepper)

German publisher Gerd Bucerius reads German weekly newspaper

Portrait of U.S. American pianist and composer, Vladimir Horowitz, born October 1, 1903 in the Ukraine, Russia, listens to the honorific speech after...

Portrait of U.S. American pianist and composer, Vladimir Horowitz, born October 1, 1903 in the Ukraine, Russia, listens to the honorific speech after...

Portrait of U.S. American pianist and composer, Vladimir Horowitz, born October 1, 1903 in the Ukraine, Russia, listens to the honorific speech after...

German publisher Gerd Bucerius reads German weekly newspaper

Portrait of U.S. American pianist and composer, Vladimir Horowitz, born October 1, 1903 in the Ukraine, Russia, listens to the honorific speech after...

Portrait of U.S. American pianist and composer, Vladimir Horowitz, born October 1, 1903 in the Ukraine, Russia, listens to the honorific speech after...

Portrait of U.S. American pianist and composer, Vladimir Horowitz, born October 1, 1903 in the Ukraine, Russia, listens to the honorific speech after...

U.S. American pianist and composer, Vladimir Horowitz, born October 1, 1903 in the Ukraine, Russia, gives a concert on the grand piano at the

U.S. American pianist and composer, Vladimir Horowitz, born October 1, 1903 in the Ukraine, Russia, gives a concert on the grand piano at the

Philadelphia 76ers Bob McAdoo steals the ball from Milwaukee Bucks Craig Hodges during second half NBA Playoff Action in Philadelphia on Friday night,...

Rodney McCray (22) of the Houston Rockets breaks through a Los Angeles Lakers triple-team effort by James Worthy (42), Michael Cooper and Petur Gudmun...

Teenage AIDS victim Ryan White is surrounded by friends and reporters after a judge threw out a temporary injunction barring him from attending classe...

Teenage AIDS victim Ryan White is surrounded by friends and reporters after a judge threw out a temporary injunction barring him from attending classe...

Philadelphia 76ers Sedale Threatt disclaims any responsibility for Milwaukee Bucks Paul Pressey???s tumble to the floor during second quarter Bucks Ac...

Philadelphia 76ers Charles Barkley, right, reaches out in a vain effort to steal the ball from Milwaukee Bucks Alton Lister during first period NBA pl...

Four strangers to the Celtics bench react as they get to sit out the fourth quarter of a playoff rout while the rest of the team carries on to a Bosto...

Cliff Levingston of the Atlanta Hawks, bottom, gets run down by Boston Celtics Dennis Johnson who heads downcourt with the ball in fourth quarter acti...