September 14

From Hoopedia

• 1940 - Scrappy guard, successful coach and snappy dresser Larry Brown (right) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

• 1974 - In the first Women's basketball tournament held at the Asian Games, Japan takes home gold, while South Korea comes away with silver.

• 1987 - For his part in the Phoenix Suns drug scandal, James Edwards agrees to enter a drug-counseling program in exchange for the dismissal of drug charges against him.

• 1995 - Russia crushes the USA, 113-72, to claim the championship at the first Military World Games in Rome, Italy. France squeaked by China, 73-72, to claim the bronze medal.